preposterousness
Complete logical nonsense
The quality of being utterly absurd or contrary to reason.
Preposterousness goes beyond mere wrongness—it suggests something so illogical it deserves ridicule: The preposterousness of the claim was obvious to everyone.
The word carries a note of exasperation or disbelief at how thoroughly something defies common sense.
Inviting scorn through absurdity
- ludicrousAbsurdly unreasonable or inappropriate
- nonsenseMeaningless words or actions
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
- farcicalAbsurdly comical or mockable
laughable · comical · risible · absurd · inane · foolishness · silliness · harebrained
Without coherent meaning
- irrationalLacking sound judgment
- unreasonableNot guided by reason
- fallaciousContaining faulty reasoning
- unsoundWeak or flawed
flawed · incongruous · contradictory · paradoxical · incoherent · senseless · baseless · groundless
Shockingly bad or excessive
- exorbitantUnreasonably high, as costs
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
- hyperbolicExaggerated beyond reason
- overblownInflated beyond reasonable proportion
exaggerated · extreme · immoderate · inordinate · unconscionable · unwarranted · unjustifiable · unreasonable
ridiculous
Inviting scorn through absurdity
- ludicrousAbsurdly unreasonable or inappropriate
- nonsenseMeaningless words or actions
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
farcical · laughable · comical · risible · absurd · inane · foolishness · silliness · harebrained · cockamamie
nonsensical
Without coherent meaning
- irrationalLacking sound judgment
- unreasonableNot guided by reason
- fallaciousContaining faulty reasoning
unsound · flawed · incongruous · contradictory · paradoxical · incoherent · senseless · baseless · groundless · unfounded
outrageous
Shockingly bad or excessive
- exorbitantUnreasonably high, as costs
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
- hyperbolicExaggerated beyond reason
overblown · exaggerated · extreme · immoderate · inordinate · unconscionable · unwarranted · unjustifiable · unreasonable · overkill
- unbelievableunbelievable, incredible, inconceivable, implausible, unthinkable
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
- weirdness synonymsweirdness, strangeness, oddity, bizarreness, peculiarity
preposterousnessreasonableness
Quality of being fair-minded
sensibleness · rationality · logicalness · rationalness · validity
preposterousnesswisdom
Good judgment from experience
sagacity · prudence · sagaciousness · sapience · sageness
preposterousnessplausibility
Seeming likely true
credibility · believability · likelihood · feasibility · probability