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disharmonic
[ dis-hahr-mon-ik ]
/ ˌdɪs hɑrˈmɒn ɪk /
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adjective
lacking harmony; disharmonious; discordant.
without symmetry in physical form.
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Origin of disharmonic
First recorded in 1885–90; disharmon(y) + -ic
Words nearby disharmonic
dishabille, dishabituate, dish aerial, dishallow, dish antenna, disharmonic, disharmonious, disharmonize, disharmony, dishcloth, dishcloth gourd
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How to use disharmonic in a sentence
In that dim continual journey she was like a disharmonic spirit traversing the air above where its body lies.
Fraternity|John GalsworthyThese disharmonic shadows flitting in the room made a stir like the rubbing of dry straw or the hum of bees among clover stalks.
Fraternity|John GalsworthyNature brooks no delay, and the disharmonic organism must attune itself or perish.
The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy|Theodore Lothrop StoddardHundreds of times he had been baffled by the hedge round that disharmonic nature.
Fraternity|John Galsworthy