disharmonic

Definition of disharmonicnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disharmonic
Adjective
  • Precisely for this reason, what is particularly important is the undertone of the brown lipstick, which can be pinkish or orange to create a continuum with the complexion, avoiding creating disharmonious contrasts.
    Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2025
  • From the start — before the start — Leicester’s season has been disharmonious, with the threat of a points deduction hanging over them, Enzo Maresca leaving for Chelsea in early June, Steve Cooper, his replacement, lasting five months and Ruud van Nistelrooy now the conductor of catastrophe.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • No one was better than O’Hara at playing people at the end of their ropes or legends in their own unbalanced minds.
    Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Flat roofs with parapets (side walls), stepped roofs, saw-tooth roofs, and roofs with chimneys and other obstructions on top can collect snow in an unbalanced manner, the agency said.
    Bailey Allen, The Providence Journal, 28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Setting Discordant Personal Goals A 2023 study published in Current Psychology finds that partners’ inharmonious goals can have detrimental effects on relationships.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • For sixteen hours a week, Valentine hopes to share some melody in a place that, for some, can feel inharmonious.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 24 July 2021
Adjective
  • The arc evolved from inharmonic drones and swoops to a stretch of rolling, arpeggiated waves reminiscent of musical minimalism, and then back again.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The stimuli included harmonic sounds and inharmonic sounds (produced by shifting some frequencies of a previously harmonic sound), and sounds with beating and without.
    ScienceNow, WIRED, 13 Nov. 2012
Adjective
  • When disordered eating becomes severe, patients can be hospitalized.
    Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Data on sleep disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea or sleep-disordered breathing, were not available.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • In my experience, men often perceive women’s concerns about unequal household labor as a personal attack.
    Jelena Kecmanovic, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
  • They were deliberately constructed to justify enslavement, land theft and unequal treatment under the law.
    Rosalind Osgood, Sun Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The standout element of the design was the asymmetric front placket in tonal suede, fastened with a row of covered buttons.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • For the Hollywood premiere of the film, Amal chose an asymmetrical Oscar de la Renta mini dress, again in a deep, forest green.
    Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • That apparently incongruous collection of statistics captures the befuddling nature of this rollercoaster season.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The local institution that was Rayner followed an incongruous path to Chicago and children’s television.
    Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
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“Disharmonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disharmonic. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.

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