'Preposterous' definitions:
Definition of 'preposterous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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 mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous" [syn: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous]
Definition of 'Preposterous'
From: GCIDE
- Preposterous \Pre*pos"ter*ous\, a. [L. praeposterus; prae before + posterus coming after, latter. See Posterior.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end; utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd; perverted. "Most preposterous conclusions." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Preposterous ass, that never read so far! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Absurd; perverted; wrong; irrational; foolish; monstrous. See Absurd. [1913 Webster] -- {Pre*pos"ter*ous*ly}, adv. -{Pre*pos"ter*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'preposterous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a bit thick,
- a bit thin,
- absurd,
- asinine,
- balmy,
- barmy,
- baroque,
- barred,
- batty,
- beyond belief,
- bizarre,
- brain-born,
- closed-out,
- cockamamie,
- contrary to reason,
- crazy,
- cuckoo,
- cutthroat,
- dotty,
- doubtable,
- doubtful,
- dream-built,
- dubious,
- dubitable,
- exacting,
- excessive,
- excluded,
- exorbitant,
- extortionate,
- extraordinary,
- extravagant,
- extreme,
- fanciful,
- fancy,
- fancy-born,
- fancy-built,
- fancy-woven,
- fantasque,
- fantastic,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- florid,
- foolish,
- Gothic,
- gouging,
- grossly overpriced,
- grotesque,
- hard of belief,
- hard to believe,
- harebrained,
- high-flown,
- hopeless,
- idiotic,
- imbecilic,
- immoderate,
- implausible,
- impossible,
- inconceivable,
- incredible,
- inflationary,
- inordinate,
- insane,
- irrational,
- laughable,
- logically impossible,
- loony,
- ludicrous,
- mad,
- maggoty,
- mindless,
- monstrous,
- moronic,
- nonmeritorious,
- nonsensical,
- not coming,
- not deserving belief,
- not outstanding,
- not possible,
- notional,
- nutty,
- open to doubt,
- open to suspicion,
- out of bounds,
- out of sight,
- outlandish,
- outrageous,
- outre,
- overpriced,
- oxymoronic,
- paradoxical,
- passing belief,
- poppycockish,
- potty,
- problematic,
- prohibited,
- prohibitive,
- questionable,
- ridiculous,
- risible,
- rococo,
- ruled-out,
- screwy,
- self-contradictory,
- senseless,
- silly,
- skyrocketing,
- spiraling,
- staggering belief,
- suspect,
- suspicious,
- tall,
- thick,
- thin,
- unbelievable,
- unconscionable,
- unconvincing,
- undeserved,
- undeserving,
- undue,
- unearned,
- unearthly,
- unentitled,
- ungodly,
- unimaginable,
- unjustified,
- unmerited,
- unmeriting,
- unowed,
- unowing,
- unreasonable,
- unthinkable,
- unwarranted,
- unworthy,
- unworthy of belief,
- usurious,
- wacky,
- weird,
- whimsical,
- wild