preposterousness

preposterousness
n
1. unreasonableness, irrationality, irrationalness, illogic, illogicalness, illogicality, meaninglessness, senselessness; incongruity, inconsistency, groundlessness; extravagance, excess, excessiveness, outrageousness, exaggeration, hyperbole; incred-ibleness, unbelievability, unthinkableness, impossibility.
2. folly, foolishness, ridiculousness, ridiculosity, ludicrousness, absurdity, absurdness; nonsensicalness, nonsensicality, nonsense, silliness, inanity; idiocy, lunacy, madness, craziness, Sl. screwiness; imbecility, stupidity, asininity, idioticalness.

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  • preposterousness — preposterous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ utterly absurd or ridiculous. DERIVATIVES preposterously adverb preposterousness noun. ORIGIN Latin praeposterus reversed, absurd …   English terms dictionary

  • Preposterousness — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • preposterousness — noun see preposterous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • preposterousness — See preposterously. * * * …   Universalium

  • preposterousness — noun The quality of being preposterous …   Wiktionary

  • preposterousness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. extravagance, ridiculousness, absurdity; see impossibility , nonsense 1 , 2 , stupidity 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Foolish behavior: absurdity, folly, foolery, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, insanity, lunacy,… …   English dictionary for students

  • preposterousness — prɪ pÉ‘strÉ™snɪs / pÉ’s n. ridiculousness, ludicrousness; state of being illogical, irrationality; absurdity, foolishness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • preposterousness — n. Absurdity, unreasonableness, irrationality, foolishness, folly, extravagance, inconsistency with nature or reason …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • preposterousness — pre·pos·ter·ous·ness …   English syllables

  • preposterousness — noun ( es) : the quality or state of being preposterous : absurdity …   Useful english dictionary

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