preposterous

CEFRB2

/pɹɪˈpɒstəɹəs/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Completely unreasonable, silly, or impossible to believe.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Absurd, or contrary to common sense.

Examples

  • His story is too preposterous to be a lie.

  • I've never heard such preposterous accusations!

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • /pɹə-/

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • Leading the attack on the president's very citizenship is the professional vulgarian Donald Trump, who gets away with the kind of preposterous, race-based comments granted few black public figures.

Synonyms

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The idea that the earth is flat is completely blank and has been proven wrong.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

From Latin praeposterus (“with the hinder part before, reversed, inverted, perverted”), from prae (“before”) + posterus (“coming after”).