English English Dictionary

English - English

preposterous in English:

1. contrary to common sense



English word "preposterous"(contrary to common sense) occurs in sets:

Edmund White

2. ridiculous


Shame on you for getting so flustered. You looked ridiculous.
Ridiculous!
Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.
But that's ridiculous! Dima protested. "Kopeks haven't been around in ages! And 0.99 isn't even a natural number!"
It is rather ridiculous that, in some countries, a person cannot even release their own work into the public domain.
Dima... Al-Sayib said. "That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard."
How ridiculous I was as a Marionette! And how happy I am, now that I have become a real boy!
It is ridiculous as well as foolish to think man superior to woman, or woman to man.
How can one be serious with the world when the world itself is so ridiculous!
Even the most graceful and imposing existing buildings may now be so sadly diminished as to seem slightly ridiculous beside the monster.
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
“when you realize how ridiculous these scenarios are, you will have to laugh”
It is an utterly ridiculous scheme, of which Parliament should be ashamed.
Hotels used to make a lot of money out of customers by charging a ridiculous amount for phone calls.
The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again.

English word "preposterous"(ridiculous) occurs in sets:

Moja pierwsza lekcja

3. something what is completely unreasonable



4. very silly



English word "preposterous"(very silly) occurs in sets:

#1 wejściówka lucifer

5. very foolish



English word "preposterous"(very foolish) occurs in sets:

lost the very

6. very silly or stupid



other words beginning with "P"

prefer in English
pregnant in English
prepare in English
prescription in English
present in English
preserve in English