Definition of Preposterous

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Definition of Preposterous
	Preposterous Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order. Contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end; utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd; perverted. Related Definitions: Absurd, Adapted, And, Be, Contrary, End, First, Foolish, Having, In, Inverted, Last, Nature, Not, Or, Order, Ought, Perverted, Reason, That, The, To, Utterly, Which

Preposterous Quotations

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.
Kurt Vonnegut

Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help.
Alvin Adams

I wanted to be president of the United States. I really did. The older I get, the less preposterous the idea seems.
Alec Baldwin

It is preposterous that the current members of the United States Senate and all of their predecessors for more than 200 years haven't been able to read the Constitution and do what it says.
John Jay Hooker

Every day each of us wakes up, reaches into drawers and closets, pulls out a costume for the day and proceeds to dress in a style that can only be called preposterous.
Mary Schmich

Preposterous Translations

preposterous in Hungarian is esztelen, abszurd, oktalan, ostoba
preposterous in Italian is ridicolo
preposterous in Spanish is ridiculo

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