incongruous
adjective
Origin of incongruous
Synonyms for incongruous
Antonyms for incongruous
Related Words for incongruous
bizarre, inappropriate, contradictory, incoherent, incompatible, alien, conflicting, discordant, disparate, distorted, divergent, extraneous, fantastic, fitful, foreign, illogical, improper, inapt, inconsistent, irreconcilableExamples from the Web for incongruous
Contemporary Examples of incongruous
Even those who were not already republicans wanted the royals to be more aware of how incongruous their profligacy seemed.
Imagining Prince Charles as King Makes All of Britain Wish They Could Leave Like ScotlandClive Irving
September 17, 2014
It is impossible to overstate just how isolated and incongruous Lady Thatcher was when she entered Parliament in 1959.
He does not take umbrage at the incongruous presence of the housekeeper in a presidential suite that is still occupied.
“I was 11 years old,” he says, in his gravelly voice that carries an incongruous hint of Brooklyn (Gosling is Canadian).
Berliners for the most part simply lived with it, incongruous and sinister as it was.
Historical Examples of incongruous
The subscribers to the opera would see little in it that was incongruous.
HandelEdward J. Dent
It had for its incongruous lid a door that had been lifted from its hinges.
The Historical Nights' EntertainmentRafael Sabatini
The silliness of the situation burned her sense of the incongruous.
MelomaniacsJames Huneker
Others are a marvel of ingenious and incongruous combination.
Italy, the Magic LandLilian Whiting
It was as if there could be no end of his discoveries about that girl, at the most incongruous moments.
VictoryJoseph Conrad