disharmonic

[ dis-hahr-mon-ik ]

adjective

1. lacking harmony; disharmonious; discordant.
2. without symmetry in physical form.

Word History and Origins

Origin of disharmonic¹

First recorded in 1885–90; disharmon(y) + -ic

Example Sentences

In that dim continual journey she was like a disharmonic spirit traversing the air above where its body lies.

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These disharmonic shadows flitting in the room made a stir like the rubbing of dry straw or the hum of bees among clover stalks.

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Nature brooks no delay, and the disharmonic organism must attune itself or perish.

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Hundreds of times he had been baffled by the hedge round that disharmonic nature.

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Related Words

• discordant
• noisy
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