DISHARMONY Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

disharmony

noun

(ˌ)dis-ˈhär-mə-nē

Definition of disharmony

as in discord

a lack of agreement or harmony a period of disharmony between the two groups

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Recent Examples of disharmony The reality of that is that Islanders are agreeing to enter a system designed to cause disharmony on the way to evolvement and, hopefully, eventually, acceptance. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2026 But few men know how to progress through tournaments like Deschamps, who has never experienced the problems France have often encountered — most obviously in the 2010 World Cup — with off-field disharmony. — Michael Cox, New York Times, 10 May 2026 Eventually, Ash finds in herself a gradual attraction, not only to religious practice but to the wild disharmonies of belief. — Lauren Boersma Harris, New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2025 The candor of the writing combined with the multitude of insights into aging, immigration, history of European armed conflicts and the impact of family disharmony provide unique insight into a multitude of life lessons. — The Know, Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disharmony

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Noun

The woman’s vanity and the husband’s forgetfulness collide to sow chaos and discord in the house.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
The discord meant the program spent much of the summer hiring replacement correspondents, including Ross Douthat, a conservative New York Times opinion writer with no experience as a TV journalist.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of discord

Noun

October, the best time in the baseball calendar, will be at least a little different this year because of the labor strife that awaits in the offseason.

— Jim Bowden, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Congress created temporary protections in 1990 TPS was created by Congress in 1990 to prevent deportations to countries suffering from natural disasters or civil strife.

— Julia Ainsley, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of strife

Noun

Connected vehicles can instead surface those options through infotainment systems at the moment customers need them, improving convenience without adding friction.

— Stacey Moser, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
When power changes in organizations, companies end up having friction to adapt to that power.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of friction

Noun

And so my conversation with Noah centered on the idea of a space where there would be a discordance between what the physical space looked like and what was happening emotionally in that room.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026
Part of that discordance might be the fact that as a genre, rock has historically been difficult to define.

— Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2025

Definition of discordance

Noun

Before the conflict, Qatar exported almost one-fifth of the world’s LNG, all of it through the Strait of Hormuz.

— Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Moldova reports another drone incursion During the aerial barrages, drones have repeatedly strayed into neighboring countries, unnerving leaders who are wary of Russia and fear being dragged into conflict.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of conflict

Noun

The book follows this story for the critical eight years between 1527 and 1535, which led to the enduring schism that created the Church of England.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026
But schisms and heel digging are probably inevitable in such uncertain fields, Catling says.

— Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of schism

Noun

The countries trying to broker an end to the Iran conflict — Oman, Pakistan, and Qatar — are themselves facing military attacks and economic strain from the war, an unusual dynamic that factors into the incentives and urgency behind their mediation.

— Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
But Washington's negotiations with Tehran over their own war fell apart weeks ago.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026

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