DISHARMONIOUS Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

disharmonious

adjective

Definition of disharmonious

as in dissonant

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Recent Examples of disharmonious 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 Despite Elizabeth being uniquely disharmonious, her particular brand of chaos feels very true to New York’s creative world, in which antiquated systems reign supreme and difficult personalities are always jockeying for space. — Elaina Patton, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2024 Unusually for a company that has been disharmonious in the months since Musk launched his takeover bid, Twitter’s rank and file employees have not flocked to support Zatko’s whistleblowing efforts. — WIRED, 25 Aug. 2022 Correspondent David Pogue looks at how music copyrights have become an increasingly disharmonious area of litigation. — CBS News, 31 Mar. 2022

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Adjective

In a film, that’s where the music would come up, dissonant strings, ringing ears, the drums increasing tempo.

— Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026
The score was such a beautiful, odd, dissonant piece of work.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of dissonant

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

George is being extremely unpleasant toward everyone and seems to be moving toward a breakdown.

— Alice Burton, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2026
Consumers across the country have described to CBS California Investigates, and in hundreds of online reviews, their unpleasant experiences at the stores, alleging they were pressured to make purchases worth thousands of dollars.

— Amy Corral, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of unpleasant

Adjective

Where Bikini Kill’s raw, aggressive, discordant tunes subvert gender expectations imposed on women, Uppity’s sincere and introspective jams refute the self-defeating emotional sterility that patriarchy demands from men.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Trump’s discordant message with one of the top concerns voters are voicing ahead of the midterm elections has seemed heightened by his fixation on beautifying Washington and building a large ballroom at the White House.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of discordant

Adjective

Those songs remind Omara of real people and real events, political interludes whose senselessness and brutality have left unmusical lacunae in her life.

— Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
His parents were unmusical Russian-Jewish immigrants who ran various businesses with mixed success.

— The Economist, The Economist, 3 Oct. 2019

Definition of unmusical

Adjective

Some loyalists donned their best Boston Raiders or Montreal Metros T-shirts, others filled their special edition popcorn buckets and soda cups, but all erupted into raucous cheers while viewing the penultimate and final episodes of the first season.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 9 Nov. 2026
In three straight home games, the Carolina Panthers heard a raucous home crowd use their collective might to be heard.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of raucous

Adjective

Mistaking being disagreeable with the act of disagreeing is common - especially in unsafe psychological workplaces.

— Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
There are also a lot of people who have never dreamed of being disagreeable in public, much less considered joining a raucous social movement.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026

Definition of disagreeable

Adjective

Another trend that stood out was mixed and clashing prints, creating a more playful approach to styling.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026
The discrepancy between official accounts indicates clashing priorities that could hinder further negotiations between Washington and Seoul.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of clashing

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