Harmonious
[hɑː'məʊnɪəs] or [hɑr'monɪəs]
Definition
(adj.) existing together in harmony; 'harmonious family relationships' .
(adj.) suitable and fitting; 'the tailored clothes were harmonious with her military bearing' .
(adj.) exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities .
(adj.) musically pleasing .
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Definition
(a.) Adapted to each other; having parts proportioned to each other; symmetrical.
(a.) Acting together to a common end; agreeing in action or feeling; living in peace and friendship; as, an harmonious family.
(a.) Vocally or musically concordant; agreeably consonant; symphonious.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Concordant, harmonic, consonant.[2]. Melodious, tuneful, musical, dulcet, mellifluous.[3]. Correspondent, consistent, congruent, symmetrical.[4]. Friendly, amicable, cordial, brotherly, fraternal, neighborly.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Congruous, accordant, proportioned, uniform, melodious, musical, dulcet,tuneful, consistent, peaceful, agreeable, amicable, friendly, concordant
ANT:Incongruous, discordant, disproportioned, unshapely, harsh, unmelodious, sharp,grating, unfriendly, riotous, unpeaceful, quarrelsome
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Examples
- Where affection is reciprocal and sincere, and minds are harmonious, marriage _must_ be happy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There's a charming piece of music by Handel, called the Harmonious Blacksmith. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Massive, symmetrical and harmonious, its highest point reaches 307? feet above the plaza on the east. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- And the harmonious soul is both temperate and courageous? Plato. The Republic.
- We are so harmonious, and you have been a blacksmith,---would you mind it? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- They thought Jesus was a rebel against the cruelty of the God of the Old Testament, and not his harmonious son. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Once more, profounder, nearer, clearer, it rolled harmonious. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If the eye is constantly greeted by harmonious objects, having elegance of form and color, a standard of taste naturally grows up. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The ancient races had the instruments, but their voices, except as they existed in the traditions of their gods, were not harmonious. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He explained how these fundamental and compound tones might be fully developed to produce either harmonious or dissonant sensations. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- She seemed like a bird flying amongst their harmonious motion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Whereas true love is a love of beauty and order--temperate and harmonious? Plato. The Republic.
- It would make no difference if the subject matter were totally different, provided it had the same harmonious organization. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He who mingles them in harmonious concord is the true musician,--he shall be the presiding genius of our State. Plato. The Republic.
- And since the natural world of objects is a scene of harmonious truth, this education would infallibly produce minds filled with the truth. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He might well be a little shocked at the irregularity of my lineaments, his own being so harmonious. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- What her brown eye and clear forehead showed of her mind was in keeping with her dress and face--modest, gentle, and, though pensive, harmonious. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Paul absorbed all feverish and unsettling influences like a magnet, and left me none but such as were placid and harmonious. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- These figures when first seen were motionless and mute; presently they moved in harmonious step, and spoke low in harmonious key. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But shall we say upon that account, that the wine is harmonious, or the music of a good flavour? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- They learn and remember easily; they have harmonious, well-regulated minds; truth flows to them sweetly by nature. Plato. The Republic.
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