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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disharmonious

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

When considering thrift store furniture with upholstery, always check the cushions and padding for unpleasant odors.

— Felicia Feaster, Martha Stewart, 27 Sep. 2026
Impact on regional planning Several Davidson town commissioners noted their own unpleasant history with the I-77 North toll lanes project.

— DJ Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of unpleasant

Adjective

The constant contrast between pristine nature and industrial machinery is accompanied by a discordant synth-heavy score by composer Robert Nacken, that, at times, pushes the film along and, at others, deliberately drags against it.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Meanwhile, Jim Williams’ score effectively undermines the beauty parlour as a place of pre-wedding excitement and anticipation with discordant electro-pop — just ever so slightly suggesting that nothing good is set to happen here.

— Miriam Balanescu, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 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

Nico Hoerner got the Cubs’ only hit off King with a one-out infield single in the seventh, but King racked up two more strikeouts to earn the last of several standing ovations from the raucous sellout crowd watching his third career playoff start.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
The Braves have earned an extra-large advantage by taking the first game before a raucous afternoon crowd at Truist.

— Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 30 Sep. 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

Vargo’s recent party switch and her clashing political mailers — some reading as if made for Democrats and others for Republican voters — prompted the local Democratic party to back her opponent, Patricia Rumph, a lifelong Democrat.

— Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
That creates a stronger feedback loop in which the algorithm more strongly presents clashing posts.

— Farnaz Jahanbakhsh, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of clashing

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