high
adjective (BAD) /haɪ/ UKDefinition
› (of food) smelling bad and no longer good to eat: This meat is rather high - shall I throw it out?Not pleasant to eat or drink
(Definition of high adjective (BAD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) tough as old boots idiom
- acrid adjective
- bad adjective (DECAYED)
- bitter adjective (TASTE)
- bitterness noun (TASTE)
- bland adjective
- chewy adjective
- go off phrasal verb (STOP WORKING)
- like dishwater idiom
- mouldy adjective (HAVING MOULD)
- overripe adjective
- pappy adjective (FOOD)
- pigswill noun
- sour adjective (TASTE)
- stick to sb's ribs idiom
- stodgy adjective (FOOD)
- swim verb (MOVE IN WATER)
- tasteless adjective (NO FLAVOUR)
- tough adjective (FOOD)
- undercook verb
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