preposterous
21preposterous — Synonyms and related words: Gothic, 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,… …
22preposterous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ridiculous, absurd, nonsensical, idiotic; foolish, extravagant; improper, unsuitable. See absurdity.Ant., sensible, logical. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. absurd, outrageous, impossible; see absurd ,… …
23preposterous — pre·pos·ter·ous || prɪ pÉ‘stÉ™rÉ™s / pÉ’s adj. ridiculous, ludicrous; illogical, irrational; absurd, nonsensical, foolish …
24preposterous — adjective utterly absurd or ridiculous. Derivatives preposterously adverb preposterousness noun Origin C16: from L. praeposterus reversed, absurd (from prae before + posterus coming after ) + ous …
25preposterous — a. 1. Perverted, having the cart before the horse, reversed. 2. Absurd, unreasonable, extravagant, excessive, ridiculous, irrational, foolish, monstrous, exorbitant, perverted, wrong …
26preposterous — adj 1. unreasonable, irrational, illogical, meaningless, senseless; incongruous, inconsistent, unconnected, groundless; high flown, extravagant, extreme, outrageous, excessive, overdone, exaggerated, hyperbolized; incredible, unbelievable,… …
27preposterous — pre·pos·ter·ous …
28preposterous — [prɪˈpɒst(ə)rəs] adj formal extremely unreasonable or silly Syn: absurd …
29preposterous — pre•pos•ter•ous [[t]prɪˈpɒs tər əs, trəs[/t]] adj. completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; senseless; foolish • Etymology: 1535–45; < L praeposterus in the wrong order. See pre , posterior, ous pre•pos′ter•ous•ly, adv.… …
30preposterous — /prəˈpɒstərəs / (say pruh postuhruhs) adjective directly contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd, senseless, or utterly foolish. {Latin praeposterus with the hinder part foremost} –preposterously, adverb –preposterousness, noun …
