preposterous
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7.3
- adjective
- /prɪˈpɑːstərəs/
- Such an approach was preposterous, and not even just in retrospect.
- a preposterous idea
- a preposterous claim
- find it preposterous
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Watch on YouTubeYou can be that preposterous and draw a crowd.
- You can be that preposterous and draw a crowd.
- Why last year, what is what is the most preposterous group name we ever had?
- Again, this is such an unbelievably preposterous crime.
- Our only depictions of death are preposterous.
- It's the drag queen story hour is the most preposterous thing I've ever heard.
- But that reaction that you just played is absolutely preposterous.
- They are incomplete, cryptic and sometimes even preposterous.
- And the fact that it would make you uncomfortable is preposterous.
- That's absolutely, you know, preposterous, right?
- Throwing shit out in the middle of where people are doing exercises is the most preposterous thing that I've heard.
- And I think we should take care of what we have here on Earth, you know, saying preposterous things.
- I would say it's pretty preposterous to suggest that Libya would now be a peaceful and happy place.
- This was obviously preposterous and they couldn't have been defending a worse, more morally unjustifiable cause.
Examples
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His suggestion that the moon landing was staged is downright preposterous.
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That's the most preposterous explanation I've ever heard.
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You can be that preposterous and draw a crowd.
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"Professor Grant, where did you get the preposterous idea that I wrote those letters to you?"
Fiction book (1992) -
With all due respect, this... this is preposterous.
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"Even for Virginia Ruth, this was a preposterous claim to make about me."
Fiction book (1995) -
Again, this is such an unbelievably preposterous crime.
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"My fault?" The idea was too preposterous for me to even begin to formulate a response.
Fiction book (1997) -
I would say it's pretty preposterous to suggest that Libya would now be a peaceful and happy place.
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This was obviously preposterous and they couldn't have been defending a worse, more morally unjustifiable cause.
Synonyms
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1.6
Very silly or unreasonable in a way that makes people laugh
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4.9
Very surprising and almost impossible to accept as true
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4.4
So silly or unreasonable that it makes no sense
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4.4
Not based on clear reason or thinking
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4.4
Very silly and showing bad judgment
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6.0
Very silly and unreasonable so it makes people laugh
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7.4
Strange or unusual in a way that surprises people
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5.5
Not making sense or having any meaning
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7.0
Not likely to be true or hard to believe
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9.9
Silly and unlikely to be true
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7.5
Not likely to be true or believable
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8.9
A foolish idea or plan that will not work
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Preposterous comes from an old Latin idea of putting post- ('after') before pre- ('before'), so something is literally 'back-to-front'. That's why preposterous now means so strange or unreasonable that it seems laughable.