inharmonious
Not in accord
Inharmonious describes sounds, elements, or relationships that clash rather than blend.
Musical notes that grate against each other are inharmonious.
The word extends to any combination that produces discord: inharmonious colors, an inharmonious marriage.
An inharmonious group lacks unity or agreement: The committee's inharmonious factions delayed every decision.
Harsh and jarring
- dissonantLacking harmonic agreement
- off-keyWrong pitch, musically
- out-of-tuneWrong in pitch
- unmelodiousWithout pleasant sound
grating · atonal · strident · harsh · screeching · raucous · unmusical · sour
Lacking musical agreement
- jarringDisturbingly incongruous
- conflictingIncompatible with each other
- incompatibleUnable to exist together
- incongruousNot fitting together harmoniously
mismatched · contradictory · irreconcilable · at-odds · disagreeing · divergent · discrepant · antagonistic
Lack of agreement
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
- feudingSustained hostile conflict
- divisiveCausing sharp disagreement
- quarrelsomeInclined to dispute
contentious · acrimonious · hostile · antagonistic · estranged · dysfunctional · fractured · strained
Striking with discord
- mismatchedNot fitting together properly
- jarringDisturbingly incongruous
- gaudyTastelessly ornate
- garishTastelessly showy
ill-assorted · uncoordinated · discordant · incongruous · ugly · tasteless · eyesore · unbalanced
cacophonous
Harsh and jarring
- dissonantLacking harmonic agreement
- off-keyWrong pitch, musically
- out-of-tuneWrong in pitch
unmelodious · grating · atonal · strident · harsh · screeching · raucous · unmusical · sour · jangling
discordant
Lacking musical agreement
- jarringDisturbingly incongruous
- conflictingIncompatible with each other
- incompatibleUnable to exist together
incongruous · mismatched · contradictory · irreconcilable · at-odds · disagreeing · divergent · discrepant · antagonistic · opposed
discord
Lack of agreement
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
- feudingSustained hostile conflict
- divisiveCausing sharp disagreement
quarrelsome · contentious · acrimonious · hostile · antagonistic · estranged · dysfunctional · fractured · strained · turbulent
clashing
Striking with discord
- mismatchedNot fitting together properly
- jarringDisturbingly incongruous
- gaudyTastelessly ornate
garish · ill-assorted · uncoordinated · discordant · incongruous · ugly · tasteless · eyesore · unbalanced · asymmetrical
- bad soundsoff-key, off-pitch, pitchy, sour note, dissonant
- discorddiscord, Discord, dissonance, discordance, dissonant
- out of placemisfit, odd, misplaced, unsuitable, unfitting
inharmoniousharmonious
Pleasingly in accord
melodious · harmonic · consonant · euphonious · musical
inharmoniousharmonious
Pleasingly in accord
compatible · congenial · agreeing · accordant · concordant
inharmoniousharmonious
Pleasingly in accord
congruous · congruent · consistent · compatible · fitting
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