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as in conflicting
not being in agreement or harmony
the inn bans young children because the owners believe that they are inharmonious with the quiet atmosphere other guests desire
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as in shrill
marked by or producing a harsh combination of sounds
a deliberately inharmonious piece of music in the modern idiom
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Recent Examples of inharmonious
We are made loving, good, and pure – entirely free from any inharmonious tendency.
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Margaret Rogers,
Christian Science Monitor,
15 Apr. 2026
Setting Discordant Personal Goals A 2023 study published in Current Psychology finds that partners’ inharmonious goals can have detrimental effects on relationships.
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Mark Travers,
Forbes,
29 Mar. 2024
For sixteen hours a week, Valentine hopes to share some melody in a place that, for some, can feel inharmonious.
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Washington Post,
24 July 2021
Margaret Rogers,
Christian Science Monitor,
15 Apr. 2026
Setting Discordant Personal Goals A 2023 study published in Current Psychology finds that partners’ inharmonious goals can have detrimental effects on relationships.
—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
29 Mar. 2024
For sixteen hours a week, Valentine hopes to share some melody in a place that, for some, can feel inharmonious.
—
Washington Post,
24 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inharmonious
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Pulling off all the ambiguity and conflicting emotions can’t have been easy.
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Trump also frequently offered conflicting statements about the war itself.
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On shrill winter nights, Moscow’s power is conspicuous, its Orthodox cathedrals and Stalinist high-rises illuminated, though the view falls dim in the autumn and spring, shrouded in sheets of greige.
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The chaos is still an acceptable price to pay for Birney’s expertly offputting performance, a shrill mania that gets increasingly comic over time.
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Avoid abrupt temperature changes, frequent relocation, and inconsistent watering.
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Broadcasters and platforms needed reliable ways to deliver streams to millions of viewers across inconsistent internet connections.
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At the track’s apex Korten explodes in and out of dissonant broken chords against Mark Shim’s angular saxophone lines, an unexpected development that sneaks up on you thanks to Sorey’s sticky, slowly evolving drumming.
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This is reminding me of watching Slint play a reunion show in 2014 under the I-65 highway at a festival in Louisville, and how simultaneously awesome and cognitively dissonant that experience was.
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Alas, Ligeti proved to be an extraordinarily difficult collaborator, his manic perfectionism colliding with practical reality and leading to unpleasant scenes.
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The consequences are unpleasant, but can also turn dangerous very quickly as body temperature rises.
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Europe has long resisted air conditioning as noisy, an eyesore on architectural facades and unnecessary, as brutal summer heat has been relatively short-lived.
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The advertisement paints an ominous portrait, featuring a man in dark lighting standing in front of images of noisy computer servers.
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In their third and final decade as one of America’s greatest bands, Sonic Youth had all but given up on pushing their discordant art rock into the mainstream.
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One post from February features a self-portrait to which Longo added ominous, discordant music and the grain of a CCTV camera, like a prisoner in a horror movie.
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In its cacophonous surroundings, the White House stood serene.
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In the black and Carrara marble lobby, the vibe is modern and futuristic, with a cacophonous waterfall tumbling down the walls in a stream of fluorescent colors and a lone scarlet grand piano bringing a pleasing pop of color.
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“Inharmonious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inharmonious. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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