disharmonic

adjective

Definition of disharmonicnext
as in disharmonious

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disharmonic
  1. disharmonious
  2. unbalanced
  3. inharmonious
  4. inharmonic
  5. disordered
  6. unequal
  7. asymmetrical
  8. incongruous
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
  • Yet Gracia, encouraged by the priests to suffer in imitation of Christ and for the promise of eternal afterlife, resolved to stay in disharmonious matrimony with Tadaoki.
    — Nicholas Liu, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
Definition of disharmonious
Adjective
  • While the filmmakers should be commended for keeping the focus on Brockington and Prescott for most of the running time, the doc also feels somewhat unbalanced.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Lamont inherited a state that had been struggling for decades with large pension liabilities, unbalanced budgets and multiple credit downgrades from the rating agencies on Wall Street.
    — Kevin McNabola, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of unbalanced
Adjective
  • We are made loving, good, and pure – entirely free from any inharmonious tendency.
    — Margaret Rogers, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Definition of inharmonious
Adjective
  • 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
  • The sound of this solicitation purr is especially inharmonic, and cat owners are actually more attuned to it than non-owners, so there's no learning to just ignore it.
    — Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2012
Definition of inharmonic
Adjective
  • When her eating became disordered, Madix found that her metabolism would drop to match her caloric intake.
    — Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The movie is based not just on my own battle, but the struggles of people with all types of disordered eating.
    — Marti Noxon, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of disordered
Adjective
  • But the summer months have also thrown into sharp relief the unequal way in which those decreases in violence have shown up across the city.
    — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • These girls make mistakes and learn lessons while living in unfair, unequal and unjust societies in need of change.
    — Tara Strauch, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of unequal
Adjective
  • In the new era of asymmetric warfare, advanced variants of Thales’ 70mm rockets are increasingly well suited to counter-drone missions, delivering reliable and scalable effectiveness against evolving aerial threats, according to a press release.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The garment was a deep shade of purple, almost eggplant, and featured an asymmetric neckline that draped over a single shoulder, transitioning into a thin midsection with cutouts on either side.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of asymmetrical
Adjective
  • While this may seem incongruous with some of his emotional displays on the field, coaches with different backgrounds and specialties have consistently described Crow-Armstrong as approachable and teachable.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Four permeable areas share the overall space of the galleries, which are separated into a trio of ocean zones—Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic—and one incongruous but central sea, the Mediterranean.
    — George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of incongruous
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

dishabille
disharmonic
disharmonies
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Disharmonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disharmonic. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of hobnob

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Why do we use apostrophes to show possession?

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary

Words from the 'Odyssey'

Ye Olde Nincompoop: Old-Fashioned Words for 'Stupid'

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of
See More

Popular

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
funny guinea pig in glasses reading a book
Challenging Words You Should Know Vol 2 Words to the wise
See All