disharmonious
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of disharmonious
First recorded in 1650–60; dis- 1 + harmonious
Example Sentences
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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
Her best work forges harmony from disharmonious elements of colonial and postcolonial worlds.
From Los Angeles Times
In the two disharmonious decades of the 21st century, American society has grown less homogeneous and more interactive.
From Washington Post
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
In the meantime, our Mr. Mooney slithers into the pub, bringing the disharmonious vibe of a swinging, sexed-up London into this frozen outpost of the middle-class 1950s.
From New York Times
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