far-fetched; absurd (highly unlikely)
çekim: karşılaştırma an den Haaren herbeigezogener · üstünlük am meisten an den Haaren herbeigezogen
köken: Past participle of an den Haaren herbeiziehen (literally “to drag along by the hair”), in the sense of “to force” as in forced (“not natural, contrived”). Compare the same idiom in several European languages.
🔊 eine an den Haaren herbeigezogene Behauptung
🔊 eine an den Haaren herbeigezogene Theorie
ludicrous, far-fetched
🔊 une histoire à dormir debout
absurd, unrealistic, wild
köken: From descabellar.
unlikely, improbable, far-fetched, fat chance, fat lot · unbelievable, incredible
eş: assurdo, improbabile, incredibile, paradossale, inammissibile, inattendibile
zıt: verosimile
köken: By surface analysis, from in- + verosimile. Cognate with Spanish inverosímil and Portuguese inverossímil.
far-fetched
çekim: karşılaştırma vergezochter · üstünlük vergezochtst
eş: gezocht, gesofisticeerd
köken: Univerbation of ver (“far away”) + gezocht (“sought”).
forced, coercive, compulsory · insincere, artificial, false, not occurring naturally · unlikely, far-fetched, exaggerated
köken: Past participle of forçar.
🔊 trabalho forçado
🔊 risada forçada
🔊 filme forçado
far-fetched (difficult to believe) · contrived (unnatural, forced)
çekim: karşılaştırma mer långsökt · üstünlük mest långsökt
köken: By surface analysis, lång (“far”) + sökt (“sought”).
🔊 Det verkar långsökt att han skulle skjutit sig själv trettio gånger
🔊 ett långsökt skämt
far-fetched, roughly a stretch
köken: Etymology tree Polish naciągać Polish -any Polish naciągany From naciągać + -any.
🔊 Ech, no nie wiem, ten pomysł jest trochę naciągany...
far-fetched; reach, stretch (noun)
🔊 Yrjön sanominen eloisaksi on varmasti kaukaa haettua.
🔊 On vähän kaukaa haettua kutsua Boris Karloffia koomikoksi.
(nejisté) značně neplauzibilní, nepravděpodobný
eş: ulítlý, zavlasypřitažený
far-fetched, exaggerated, absurd
köken: Literally, “pulled by the hair”. Compare German an den Haaren herbeigezogen.
third-person singular indicative past indefinite of túloz
çekim: karşılaştırma túlzottabb · üstünlük legtúlzottabb
köken: túloz + -ott
aile: túlzottan
far-fetched
köken: Sino-Vietnamese word from 牽強.
exaggerative, exaggerated, far-fetched, lurid · scenic
çekim: karşılaştırma áibhéalaí · üstünlük is áibhéalaí
köken: From áibhéal (“(act of) exaggerating; exaggeration”) + -ach.
aile: scéal áibhéalach