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What is another word for preposterous?

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Contrary to reason or common sense

Contrary to reason, truth or logic

(of an argument or statement) Not seeming reasonable or probable

Unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude

Very expensive in price

Marked by humor or something that motivates laughter

Unsuitable or inappropriate or a given purpose or situation

Unable to be achieved or realized

Abhorrent, deserving of condemnation

That has been described as greater or better than it actually is

Meager or little in amount

To a blatantly great or extreme degree, typically in the negative sense

Crazy or behaving irrationally

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Contrary to reason or common sense

flakey^US

flaky^UK

dead from the neck up

beyond the bounds of possibility

stupidly irresponsible

labored^US

laboured^UK

as thick as two short planks

never to be forgotten

never before encountered

away with the fairies

not the full shilling

not right in the head

not quite right in the head

not right upstairs

as daft as a brush

have a screw loose

have bats in the belfry

have kangaroos in the top paddock

mentally unbalanced

out of one's head

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“It's an indulgent fantasy, saved by Chow's precise comic timing and the preposterous action sequences.”

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Contrary to reason, truth or logic

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(of an argument or statement) Not seeming reasonable or probable

labored^US

laboured^UK

beyond the bounds of possibility

phony^US

phoney^UK

not in the least likely

flakey^US

flaky^UK

not able to hold water

extremely implausible

extremely unlikely

extremely doubtful

extremely difficult to believe

won't fly

beyond reason

not to be thought of

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Unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude

out of all proportion

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

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Very expensive in price

worth a king's ransom

costing the earth

costing an arm and a leg

over the top

worth its weight in gold

at a premium

costing a bomb

daylight robbery

financial means conditional

more than one can afford

more than can be afforded

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Marked by humor or something that motivates laughter

flakey^US

flaky^UK

without a care in the world

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

pulling one's leg

full of vim and vigour

full of get-up-and-go

full of beans

full of joie de vivre

full of the joys of spring

as merry as a grig

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Unsuitable or inappropriate or a given purpose or situation

unfavorable^US

out of character with

like a fish out of water

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Unable to be achieved or realized

not worth considering

beyond the bounds of possibility

beyond the realm of reason

not remotely possible

impossible to carry out

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Abhorrent, deserving of condemnation

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

fetid^US

foetid^UK

off-colour^UK

off-color^US

spoiled^US

spoilt^UK

mercenary

accidentally on purpose

groveling^US

grovelling^UK

ill-humored^US

mouldy^UK

moldy^US

unfavorable^US

meagre^UK

meager^US

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Adjective

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That has been described as greater or better than it actually is

labored^US

laboured^UK

laid on with a trowel

blown out of proportion

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Meager or little in amount

meagre^UK

meager^US

not worth bothering about

of little consequence

not worth speaking of

neither here nor there

cavilling^UK

hardly worth mentioning

caviling^US

without rhyme or reason

nothing to write home about

lackluster^US

lacklustre^UK

nothing to get excited about

colorless^US

colourless^UK

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To a blatantly great or extreme degree, typically in the negative sense

stick out like sore thumb

as plain as a pikestaff

categorical

sticking out a mile

unquestionable

sticking out like a sore thumb

staring someone in the face

crystal clear

glaringly obvious

standing out like a sore thumb

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Crazy or behaving irrationally

deprived of one's wits

severely mentally ill

having a screw loose

one card shy of a full deck

not quite right in the head

foaming at the mouth

not right in the head

with a screw loose

a few cards shy of a full deck

one sandwich short of a picnic

not the full shilling

a few sandwiches short of a picnic

round the twist

out of one's tree

as mad as a March hare

barking mad

away with the fairies

having kangaroos in the top paddock

have bats in the belfry

up the pole

round the bend

have kangaroos in the top paddock

have a screw loose

troubled

flaky^UK

flakey^US

not in your right mind

severely mentally disordered

two sandwiches short of a picnic

not functioning properly

not knowing what to do with oneself

woolly^UK

bedeviled^US

thick as two short planks

bedevilled^UK

wooly^US

with Alzheimer's disease

not knowing if one is coming or going

at the end of your tether

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