disharmony

[ dis-hahr-muh-nee ]

/ dɪsˈhɑr mə ni /

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noun, plural dis·har·mo·nies.

lack of harmony; discord.

something discordant.

Nearby words

dishabituate, dishallow, disharmonic, disharmonious, disharmonize, disharmony, dishcloth, dishcloth gourd, dishdasha, dishearten, dished

Origin of disharmony

First recorded in 1595–1605; dis-¹ + harmony

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Examples from the Web for disharmony

That spirit of the age, Disharmony, must have presided when a child so vivid and dark-coloured was christened Bianca.
Fraternity|John Galsworthy
For when married people begin to differ, it's like a realm divided against itself, and that's the worst kind of disharmony.
The Road to Damascus|August Strindberg
According to him, there is a disharmony of our food and our digestive system.
The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition|A. W. Duncan
Consciousness of disharmony and incompleteness now brings the obligation to mend the disharmony and achieve a fresh synthesis.
The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day|Evelyn Underhill

They talk art and literature; discuss science and philosophize over the disharmony of life.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman

British Dictionary definitions for disharmony

disharmony

/ (dɪsˈhɑːmənɪ) /

noun plural -nies

lack of accord or harmony

a situation, circumstance, etc, that is inharmonious

Derived Forms

disharmonious (ˌdɪshɑːˈməʊnɪəs), adjectivedisharmoniously, adverb

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