Inharmonious
[,inhɑ:'mәuniәs]
Definition
(adj.) lacking in harmony of parts; 'an inharmonious (or incongruous) mixture of architectural styles' .
(adj.) not in harmony .
Typist: Sophie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not harmonious; unmusical; discordant; dissonant.
(a.) Conflicting; jarring; not in harmony.
Typist: Wilhelmina
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Discordant, unmusical, inharmonic, unharmonious, out of tune.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See HARMONIOUS]
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Definition
adj. discordant unmusical.—adjs. Inharmon′ic -al wanting harmony: inharmonious.—adv. Inharmō′niously.—ns. Inharmō′niousness; Inhar′mony want of harmony.
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Examples
- This second Eumaeus strode hastily down the forest glade, driving before him, with the assistance of Fangs, the whole herd of his inharmonious charge. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And once more, the inharmonious and unseemly nature can only tend to disproportion? Plato. The Republic.
- A shape hitherto unnoticed, stirred, rose, came forward: a shape inharmonious with the environment, serving only to complicate the riddle further. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And the man who has the spirit of harmony will be most in love with the loveliest; but he will not love him who is of an inharmonious soul? Plato. The Republic.
- The green woods waved their boughs majestically, while the dying were spread beneath their shade, answering the solemn melody with inharmonious cries. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And the inharmonious is cowardly and boorish? Plato. The Republic.
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