preposterous in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for preposterous in the English»Italian Dictionary

preposterous [Brit prɪˈpɒst(ə)rəs, Am prəˈpɑst(ə)rəs] ADJ

preposterous

assurdo

preposterous

irragionevole

Translations for preposterous in the Italian»English Dictionary

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tutto questo ha del grottesco!

all this is preposterous!

assurdo

preposterous

preposterous in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for preposterous in the English»Italian Dictionary

preposterous [prɪ·ˈpɑ:s·tɚ·əs] ADJ

preposterous

ridicolo, -a

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

According to him, some of the attempts at horror get too preposterous for their own good.

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Worst of all, the solution itself is utterly preposterous.

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This fjord is surrounded by the steepest and, one is almost tempted to say, the most preposterous mountains on the entire west coast.

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Monarchy, he said, was preposterous, and it had a heathenish origin.

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Also, any gene that contributes to denialism allows an otherwise preposterous meme to increase in frequency as long as the resulting behavior increases biological fitness.

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Some of the show's humour is derived from the deliberate adaptation of these films to everyday settings, leading to preposterous results.

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In an age when literary convention respected intense male relationships, she labels this one that preposterous friendship.

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This statement reversal sounds preposterous to logical, asymmetrical, conscious thought, but the depth of the unconscious has its own rules.

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Any hope for crop production was thought to be preposterous.

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Quite simply, a logical extreme is the relevant statement of an extreme or even preposterous position that is nonetheless consistent with the proposition in question.

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