disharmonize

especially British, dis·har·mo·nise

[dis-hahr-muh-nahyz]

verb (used with or without object)

disharmonized, disharmonizing 

1. to make or be inharmonious.

Other Word Forms

• disharmonism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of disharmonize¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; dis- ¹ + harmonize

Example Sentences

All help us, then, to higher states; those who tranquilize us, and those who disharmonize us till we fain would withdraw to our soul's innermost for peace.

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I presume that those who disharmonize us, aid us to higher states, for they force us out in search of something better.

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Related Words

• clash 
• contradict 
• differ 
• dissent 
• diverge