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highballed

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Definition of highballed word

  • noun highballed Simple past tense and past participle of highball. 1

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Parts of speech for Highballed

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

highballed popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for highballed

noun highballed

  • cupped — hollowed like a cup; concave
  • jarred — to have a harshly unpleasant or perturbing effect on one's nerves, feelings, thoughts, etc.: The sound of the alarm jarred.
  • jugged — a sound made by a bird, especially a nightingale.
  • mugged — a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
  • carded — a machine for combing and paralleling fibers of cotton, flax, wool, etc., prior to spinning to remove short, undesirable fibers and produce a sliver.

verb highballed

  • welcomed — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
  • accosted — (of animals) represented as side by side: two dolphins accosted.
  • acknowledged — recognized as being true or existing
  • approached — to come near or nearer to: The cars slowed down as they approached the intersection.
  • attended — to be present at: to attend a lecture; to attend church.

Antonyms for highballed

noun highballed

  • neglected — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.

verb highballed

  • avoided — to keep away from; keep clear of; shun: to avoid a person; to avoid taxes; to avoid danger.
  • disregarded — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
  • dodged — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
  • ignored — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • shunned — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.

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