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preposterous (adj.)
1.inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense"the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant" - Walter Lippman
2.incongruous;inviting ridicule"the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework" "that's a cockeyed idea" "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer" "a contribution so small as to be laughable" "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a ..."
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Merriam Webster
PreposterousPre*pos"ter*ous (?), a. [L. praeposterus; prae before + posterus coming after, latter. See Posterior.]
1. Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order. [Obs.]
The method I take may be censured as preposterous, because I thus treat last of the antediluvian earth, which was first in the order of nature. Woodward.
2. Contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end; utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd; perverted. “Most preposterous conclusions.” Shak.
Preposterous ass, that never read so far! Shak.
Syn. -- Absurd; perverted; wrong; irrational; foolish; monstrous. See Absurd.
-- Pre*pos"ter*ous*ly, adv. -Pre*pos"ter*ous*ness, n.
preposterous (adj.)
absurd, asinine, cockeyed, cock-eyed, crazy, derisory, erratic, excessive, extravagant, extreme, foolish, idiotic, implausible, inane, inconceivable, irrational, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterously, ridiculous, silly, unimaginable
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preposterous (adj.)
↘ absurdity, absurdly, absurdness, ludicrously, nonsensically, preposterously, ridiculously, senselessly
preposterous (adj.)
preposterously; nonsensical; preposterous; absurd[ClasseHyper.]
bête (fr)[Classe]
déraisonnable (fr)[Classe]
ridicule (fr)[Classe]
illogical, unlogical[Similaire]
preposterous (adj.)
preposterously; nonsensical; preposterous; absurd[Classe]
bête (fr)[Classe]
odd; weird; far-out; peculiar; strange; unusual[Classe]
ridicule (fr)[Classe]
foolish[Similaire]
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