preposterous
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Synonyms & Antonyms for preposterous
Synonyms
absurd, bizarre, crazy, fanciful, fantastic (also fantastical), foolish, insane, nonsensical, unreal, wild
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This is the point Hawley finds preposterous and Hofmann seeks to challenge. — Fortune, "How This Pacific Northwest Distiller Is Making a New American Whiskey From the Ground Up," 31 Aug. 2019 The idea that bicycle commuting, to work, to the theater, to the store, is the way of the future is preposterous and does not take families into account. — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, "Soucheray: There’s a price for all this big thinking," 31 Aug. 2019 The idea that this was all part of a grand scheme to lower his taxes by 7 cents on the dollar or to raise his net worth from $52 billion to $53 billion is preposterous. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, "L’Esprit de l’Escalier, the ‘Times,’ Etc.," 27 Aug. 2019 To call the speech a masterpiece will strike his enemies as preposterous. — Lance Morrow, WSJ, "The Longest Day for Trump’s Adversaries," 6 Feb. 2019 Thrillers are often far-fetched but seldom this preposterous. — Bruce Desilva, Dallas News, "'The Russian' by Ben Coes is a preposterous thriller," 30 July 2019 With icy deadpan control, Stearns walks a perilously thin line between the provocative and the preposterous, courting your shock as well as your laughter. — Justin Chang, Twin Cities, "‘The Art of Self-Defense’ takes violent comic aim at toxic masculinity," 19 July 2019 His story is intermittently entertaining, but the complicated and preposterous plot, with its many twists and turns, fails to hold one’s interest. — Moira Hodgson, WSJ, "‘Little Culinary Triumphs’ and ‘Something Great and Beautiful’ Review: Staff of Life, Stuff of Farce," 14 Dec. 2018 With icy deadpan control, Stearns walks a perilously thin line between the provocative and the preposterous, courting your shock as well as your laughter. — Justin Chang, Twin Cities, "‘The Art of Self-Defense’ takes violent comic aim at toxic masculinity," 19 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'preposterous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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