"preposterous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pɹɪˈpɒstəɹəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹɪˈpɒstɹəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹə-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹəˈpɑstəɹəs/ [General-American], /pɹəˈpɑstɹəs/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-preposterous.ogg [US] Forms: more preposterous [comparative], most preposterous [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin praeposterus (“with the hinder part before, reversed, inverted, perverted”), from prae (“before”) + posterus (“coming after”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|praeposterus||with the hinder part before, reversed, inverted, perverted}} Latin praeposterus (“with the hinder part before, reversed, inverted, perverted”), {{m|la|prae||before}} prae (“before”), {{m|la|posterus||coming after}} posterus (“coming after”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} preposterous (comparative more preposterous, superlative most preposterous)
  1. Absurd, or contrary to common sense. Synonyms: absurd, foolish, irrational, nonsensical, præposterous [archaic] Related terms: topsy-turvy, upside down Translations (absurd, or contrary to common sense): անհեթեթ (anhetʻetʻ) (Armenian), աբսուրդ (absurd) (Armenian), абсурден (absurden) (Bulgarian), нелеп (nelep) (Bulgarian), 荒謬的 (Chinese Mandarin), 荒谬的 (huāngmiùde) (Chinese Mandarin), absurdní (Czech), nesmyslný (Czech), směšný (Czech), meningsløs (Danish), absurd (Danish), grotesk (Dutch), van de pot gerukt (Dutch), potsierlijk (Dutch), järjetön (Finnish), mieletön (Finnish), naurettava (Finnish), posketon (Finnish), aberrant (French), absurde (French), insensé (French), ridicule (French), უაზრო (uazro) (Georgian), აბსურდული (absurduli) (Georgian), grotesk (German), unmöglich (German), unerträglich (German), unsagbar (German), unsäglich (German), esztelen (Hungarian), oktalan (Hungarian), nevetséges (Hungarian), abszurd (Hungarian), képtelen (Hungarian), fáránlegur (Icelandic), irragionevole (Italian), insensato (Italian), assurdo (Italian), 어처구니없다 (eocheogunieopda) (Korean), tsy mampino (Malagasy), haraki (Maori), meningsløs (Norwegian Bokmål), bakvendt (Norwegian Bokmål), niedorzeczny (Polish), absurdo (Portuguese), insensato (Portuguese), неле́пый (nelépyj) (Russian), абсу́рдный (absúrdnyj) (Russian), nezmyselný (Slovak), nemysliteľný (Slovak), absurdný (Slovak), absurdo (Spanish), insensato (Spanish), ridículo (Spanish), prepóstero (Spanish), grotesk (Swedish), bakvänd (Swedish), befängd (Swedish), безглу́здий (bezhlúzdyj) (Ukrainian), абсу́рдний (absúrdnyj) (Ukrainian), нісені́тний (nisenítnyj) (Ukrainian), vô lý (Vietnamese), afresymol (Welsh), אַבסורד (absurd) (Yiddish)

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      "roman": "absurd",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "աբսուրդ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "absurden",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "абсурден"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nelep",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "нелеп"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "荒謬的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huāngmiùde",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "荒谬的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "absurdní"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "nesmyslný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "směšný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "meningsløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "absurd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "grotesk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "van de pot gerukt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "potsierlijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "järjetön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "mieletön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "naurettava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "posketon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "aberrant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "absurde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "insensé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "ridicule"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uazro",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "უაზრო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "absurduli",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "აბსურდული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "grotesk"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "unmöglich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "unerträglich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "unsagbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "unsäglich"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "esztelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "oktalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "nevetséges"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "abszurd"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "képtelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "fáránlegur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "irragionevole"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "insensato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "assurdo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eocheogunieopda",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "어처구니없다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "tsy mampino"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "haraki"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "meningsløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "bakvendt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "niedorzeczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "absurdo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "insensato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nelépyj",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "неле́пый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "absúrdnyj",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "абсу́рдный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "nezmyselný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "nemysliteľný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "absurdný"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "absurdo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "insensato"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "ridículo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "prepóstero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "grotesk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "bakvänd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "befängd"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezhlúzdyj",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "безглу́здий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "absúrdnyj",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "абсу́рдний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nisenítnyj",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "нісені́тний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "vô lý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "afresymol"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "absurd",
      "sense": "absurd, or contrary to common sense",
      "word": "אַבסורד"
    }
  ],
  "word": "preposterous"
}

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