Inharmonious

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inharmonious \In`har*mo"ni*ous\, a. [Pref. in- not + harmonious:
     cf. F. inharmonieux.]
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     1. Not harmonious; unmusical; discordant; dissonant.
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              Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh.
                                                    --Cowper.
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     2. Conflicting; jarring; not in harmony.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inharmonious
       adj 1: not in harmony [syn: {unharmonious}] [ant: {harmonious}]
       2: lacking in harmony of parts; "an inharmonious (or
          incongruous) mixture of architectural styles"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  116 Moby Thesaurus words for "inharmonious":
     absonant, antagonistic, antipathetic, assorted, at cross-purposes,
     at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, at war, atonal, cacophonic,
     cacophonous, cat-and-dog, clashing, colliding, conflicting,
     contradictory, contrary, contrasted, contrasting, cracked, cranky,
     cross, departing, deviating, deviative, diaphonic, different,
     differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disagreeable, disagreeing,
     disconsonant, discordant, discrepant, discrete, discriminated,
     disharmonic, disharmonious, disjoined, disparate, disproportionate,
     dissentient, dissident, dissimilar, dissonant, distinct,
     distinguished, divergent, diverging, divers, diverse, diversified,
     flat, grating, harsh, heterogeneous, hostile, immelodious,
     immiscible, in disagreement, inaccordant, incompatible,
     incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inharmonic, irreconcilable,
     jangling, jarring, many, motley, multifarious, musicless, negative,
     nonmelodious, off, off-color, off-key, off-tone, out of accord,
     out of pitch, out of tone, out of tune, out of whack, poles apart,
     poles asunder, quarrelsome, raucous, repugnant, separate,
     separated, several, sharp, shrill, sour, strident, tuneless,
     unconformable, uncongenial, unequal, unharmonious, unlike,
     unmelodious, unmusical, untunable, untuned, untuneful, variant,
     varied, variegated, various, varying, widely apart, worlds apart