disharmonious
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of disharmonious
First recorded in 1650–60; dis- 1 + harmonious
Example Sentences
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But the drawings appear strange, with the new edifice dwarfing all around it in a way that is disharmonious, dominating.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
It’s an unlikely embrace where discord creates its own beauty, disharmonious and true, where tension and conflict aren’t byproducts, but essential to art.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2023
Mr. de Jesús justifies that prediction, and makes — who’d have thought it? — silly old Emory the best reason to hope for the futures of the time-warped boys of this disharmonious band.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2018
Beenhakker remained and a disharmonious squad was eliminated in the second round by arch rivals West Germany.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2014
Hence mere bodily satisfaction of sensuous desire must have a disharmonious and deteriorating effect, because it ignores a basal fact of man, namely spirit, and leaves that side of him starved and unsatisfied.
From Men Women and God by Gray, Arthur Herbert
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