Flyaway — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

guided by whim and fancy

(of hair or clothing) worn loose

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/flˈaɪəwˌeɪ/

🇬🇧British English

/flˈaɪəwˌeɪ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/flˈaɪəwˌeɪ/

2 syllables Say it as /flˈaɪəwˌeɪ/.

Examples

flighty young girls
her flyaway hair
a flyaway coat

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

head-in-the-clouds scatterbrained flighty

Parts of Speech

adjective	guided by whim and fancy “flighty young girls”
adjective	(of hair or clothing) worn loose “her flyaway hair”

Word Forms

flightiness

noun

the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

wegfliegend

geleitet von Laune und Fantasie

🇫🇷French

s'envoler

guidé par le caprice et la fantaisie

🇪🇸Spanish

suelto

guiado por el capricho y la fantasía

🇮🇹Italian

volato via

guidato dal capriccio e dalla fantasia

🇳🇱Dutch

wegvliegen

geleid door grillen en fantasie

🇵🇹Portuguese

descontrolado

guiado por capricho e fantasia

🇷🇺Russian

улет

руководствуясь прихотью и фантазией

India

🇮🇳Hindi

उड़ जाना

सनक और कल्पना द्वारा निर्देशित

🇮🇳Tamil

பறந்து செல்லும்

ஆசை மற்றும் ஆடம்பரத்தால் வழிநடத்தப்படுகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

ఎగురుతూ

ఇష్టానుసారం మరియు ఫాన్సీ ద్వారా మార్గనిర్దేశం చేయబడింది

🇮🇳Gujarati

ફ્લાયવે

ધૂન અને ફેન્સી દ્વારા માર્ગદર્શન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಾರಿಹೋಗು

ಹುಚ್ಚಾಟಿಕೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅಲಂಕಾರಿಕದಿಂದ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പറക്കുന്ന

അഭിലഷണീയതയാൽ നയിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു

🇵🇰Urdu

فلائی وے

خواہش اور پسند کی طرف سے ہدایت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

飞走

受到突发奇想和幻想的引导

🇯🇵Japanese

飛び立つ

気まぐれと空想に導かれて

🇰🇷Korean

들뜬

변덕과 공상에 이끌려

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bay đi

được hướng dẫn bởi ý thích và sự ưa thích

🇹🇭Thai

บินไป

นำทางด้วยความตั้งใจและจินตนาการ

🇮🇩Indonesian

terbang jauh

dipandu oleh kemauan dan khayalan

🇵🇭Filipino

lumipad

ginagabayan ng kapritso at magarbong

🇲🇾Malay

terbang jauh

dipandu oleh sesuka hati dan angan-angan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

متحرك

تسترشد بالأهواء والهوى

🇮🇷Persian

پرنده

هدایت شده توسط هوی و هوس

🇹🇷Turkish

uçup gitmek

kapris ve fantezinin rehberliğinde

🇮🇱Hebrew

לעוף

מונחה על ידי גחמה ומיודרת

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