as high as a kite
Very heavily drugged
Extremely intoxicated from drugs or alcohol, or occasionally just giddy with excitement.
The image is of something lifted far above ground level and drifting untethered: He came home as high as a kite after the party.
Often shortened to just high as a kite.
Drug-intoxicated state
- buzzedMildly intoxicated
- inebriatedIntoxicated by alcohol
- tipsyMildly intoxicated
- drunkImpaired by alcohol
blazed · wasted · baked · hammered · plastered · sloshed · smashed · faded
Overwhelmed with joy
- elatedIntensely, buoyantly pleased
- overjoyedExtremely pleased, intensely glad
- exhilaratedIntensely happy and energized
- jubilantExtremely happy, triumphant
blissful · thrilled · gleeful · rapturous · enraptured · rhapsodic · on cloud nine · walking on air
stoned
Drug-intoxicated state
- buzzedMildly intoxicated
- inebriatedIntoxicated by alcohol
- tipsyMildly intoxicated
drunk · blazed · wasted · baked · hammered · plastered · sloshed · smashed · faded · zooted
ecstatic
Overwhelmed with joy
- elatedIntensely, buoyantly pleased
- overjoyedExtremely pleased, intensely glad
- exhilaratedIntensely happy and energized
jubilant · blissful · thrilled · gleeful · rapturous · enraptured · rhapsodic · on cloud nine · walking on air · giddy
as high as a kitesober
Free from intoxication
clean · straight · sober as a judge · clear-headed · drug-free
as high as a kiteclear-headed
Able to think rationally
sharp as a tack · lucid · alert · with it · all there
as high as a kitedown in the dumps
Sad and dispirited
low · depressed · crashing · coming down · in the doldrums
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