Preposterous vs Laughable - What's the difference?
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Absurd, or contrary to common sense.
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Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.
Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.
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Preposterous is a synonym of laughable.
As adjectives the difference between preposterous and laughable
is that preposterous is absurd, or contrary to common sense while laughable is worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.preposterous
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The preposterous altruism too!
Synonyms
* absurd * foolish * irrational * nonsensical * See alsoSee also
* topsy-turvy * upside downExternal links
* *laughable
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=It would be difficult, for example, to imagine a bigger, more obvious subject for comedy than the laughable self-delusion of washed-up celebrities, especially if the washed-up celebrity in question is Adam West, a camp icon who can go toe to toe with William Shatner as the king of winking self-parody.}}