INCONGRUOUS vs PREPOSTEROUS: ADJECTIVE
- Lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
- Not in agreement, as with principles; inconsistent.
- Not in keeping with what is correct, proper, or logical; inappropriate.
- Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious; inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper
- Two numbers, which, with respect to a third, are such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder, the two numbers being said to be incongruous with respect to the third; as, twenty and twenty-five are incongruous with respect to four.
- Not similar or congruent; not matching or fitting in.
- Lacking in harmony; incompatible.
- Completely devoid of wisdom or good sense
- Contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd. : foolish.
- 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.
- Absurd, or contrary to common sense.
- Incongruous;inviting ridicule
INCONGRUOUS vs PREPOSTEROUS: OTHER WORD TYPES
- In the theory of numbers, not congruent: thus, 7 and 8 are incongruous to the modulus 3, giving different remainders when divided by the modulus.
- Not congruous; incapable of reciprocally fitting and agreeing; unsuited or unsuitable; inharmonious.
- Consisting of inappropriate parts, or of parts not fitly put together; disjointed: as, an incongruous story.
- Synonyms Inconsistent, etc. (see incompatible), unsuitable, unsuited, unfit, inappropriate, ill-matched, out of keeping.
- So unreasonable as to invite derision
- Synonyms and Silly, Foolish, etc. (see absurd), monstrous, crazy, mad, wild, ludicrous. See foolish.
- Foolish; ridiculous; stupid; absurd.
- Having that last which ought to be first; reversed in order or arrangement; inverted.
INCONGRUOUS vs PREPOSTEROUS: RELATED WORDS
- Preposterous, Odd, Unlogical, Out or keeping, Discrepant, Inconsistent, Unreasonable, Inappropriate, Unfitting, Incompatible, Ironical, Illogical, Inharmonious, Ironic, Absurd
- Farcical, Fallacious, Silly, Idiotic, Bizarre, Risible, Illogical, Outrageous, Laughable, Derisory, Foolish, Nonsensical, Ridiculous, Absurd, Ludicrous
INCONGRUOUS vs PREPOSTEROUS: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Preposterous, Odd, Unlogical, Out or keeping, Discrepant, Inconsistent, Unreasonable, Inappropriate, Unfitting, Incompatible, Ironical, Illogical, Inharmonious, Ironic, Absurd
- Farcical, Fallacious, Silly, Idiotic, Bizarre, Risible, Illogical, Outrageous, Laughable, Derisory, Foolish, Nonsensical, Ridiculous, Absurd, Ludicrous
INCONGRUOUS vs PREPOSTEROUS: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Van Dyke most enjoyed the incongruous casting of Jeffries.
- To the regular officer this seemed incongruous and unfair.
- American political power might seem incongruous with recent events.
- It seems incongruous to insist too forcefully on peace.
- It is an incongruous union of decency and evil.
- Here is the incongruous, a feature of several parables.
- The fragments are thus both formally and narratively incongruous.
- Every thing is incongruous in a Southern establishment.
- Keep out of all incongruous ties with unbelievers.
- At first, it seems like an incongruous moment.
- It is completely preposterous to just "start" school.
- Gay is preposterous as a term describing them.
- Department of English at Berkshire School is preposterous.
- ED visit is preposterous and just plain wrong.
- The Executive Order is preposterous in its irrationality.
- Preposterous Pets: Lions, Bison and Bears, Oh My!
- Wilkite movement, regarded as both preposterous and dangerous.
- At one level, the sixth petition seems preposterous.
- Preposterous as history, preposterous as drama, the show succeeds magnificently as bad television.
- It travels through preposterous canyons on an even more preposterous trail.
INCONGRUOUS vs PREPOSTEROUS: QUESTIONS
- Is Beowulf's heroic prowess incongruous with the poem's other portrayals?
- What is left incongruous hemianopia with macular sparing due to hydrocephalus?
- What are incongruous settings that can cause a creepy mood?
- Is Prospero's Tempest incongruous with the pastoral genre?
- Is there such a thing as genuinely incongruous features?
- What is a preposterous claim that would be a year ago?
- Is Schatz buying the Missouri congressman's 'preposterous and ridiculous' revolt?