Synonyms for preposterousness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pri-pos-ter-uhs, -truhs

Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈpɒs tər əs, -trəs

Définition of preposterousness

Origin : 1540s, from Latin praeposterus "absurd, contrary to nature, inverted, perverted, in reverse order," literally "before-behind" (cf. topsy-turvy, cart before the horse), from prae "before" + posterus "subsequent." Related: Preposterously; preposterousness.

noun extravagance

Example sentences :

The preposterousness of the whole affair kept hammering at her thoughts.
Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms

Then he laughed; he had to make himself laugh at the preposterousness of his idea.
Extract from : « Fidelity » by Susan Glaspell

They all laughed, and Sabre, realising the preposterousness of such a notion, laughed with them.
Extract from : « If Winter Comes » by A.S.M. Hutchinson

But then, while still under the conviction of this preposterousness, the story itself came to my hand and I began to read.
Extract from : « When Winter Comes to Main Street » by Grant Martin Overton

So he checked his wife with amazement at the preposterousness of her carrying bundles while Sir Walter Raleigh was at hand.
Extract from : « The Cup of Fury » by Rupert Hughes

When he recovered, the preposterousness of these semi-magic ways of attempting wisdom was plain to him.
Extract from : « The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind » by Herbert George Wells

Have had to-day a lovely, sublime example of that preposterousness which so often characterizes American humor.
Extract from : « A Frenchman in America » by Max O'Rell

What a yardful of curious comment, what satirical note on the preposterousness of human existence!
Extract from : « A Mere Accident » by George Moore

And he laughed, quietly but heartily, at what he evidently considered the preposterousness of such an idea.
Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 » by Various

The preposterousness of this judgment as a whole must not blind us to the fragment of truth which it included.
Extract from : « Life of John Milton » by Richard Garnett

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