1
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
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.
—Washington Post, 24 July 2021
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
Adjective
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With the textured hair care space full of conflicting information, cutting through the noise is becoming more difficult than the routine itself.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
27 May 2025
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Many participants with conflicting ideologies also reported cohabiting peacefully for the most part, while being careful not to bring up divisive topics and focus on their similarities instead.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
Adjective
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Their bathroom floor also pooled with water after showering, and noise from other apartments, like the shrill beeps of a low-battery smoke detector next door, carried through the paper-thin walls.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
22 Apr. 2025
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As such, The Studio is shrill and talky, its chaotic scenes sparked by random performers like Charlize Theron, Zac Efron, Olivia Wilde and Sarah Polley, all of whom want something from Remick.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This is at odds with the concept of getting the most out of every customer deal by wielding inconsistent discounts and surcharges when certain situations arise.—
Chris Mele,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Frustrated by long 311 hold times or inconsistent trash pickup?—
Melanie La Rocca,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2025
Adjective
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Less an adaptation than a dissonant echo of Carrollian logic, Alice is a marvel of handmade horror that channels the darker currents of adolescent imagination and, not unlike Us, treats the inner life of a child not as an innocent refuge but as haunted terrain.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
21 May 2025
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Salome, in the grisly final scene, reasserts a degree of tonal stability, but dissonant uproar resumes when Herod commands her death.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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Best Smelling Photograph: Kristin Canning Grand Tongo Green Tea + Mint Insect Repellent $15 Amazon After testing nearly 20 different bug sprays (that pretty much all smelled at least a little unpleasant and chemical-y), this picaridin spray from Grand Tongo truly blew me away.—
Kristin Canning,
Wired News,
21 May 2025
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Today after dropping off groceries, my wife noted that the refrigerator, in her opinion, had an unpleasant odor.—
Eric Thomas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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Hike in groups: A group is noisier and smellier, the National Park Service said.—
Helena Wegner,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2025
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At a 78th Cannes, which on the party side wasn’t as noisy as previous ones with drone shows (2022’s Elvis) and Elton John performing on the beach (2019’s Rocketman), leave it to amfAR‘s 31st fashionista blowout Cannes Gala at Hotel Du Cap at Eden Roc to steal the show.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Those songs remind Omara of real people and real events, political interludes whose senselessness and brutality have left unmusical lacunae in her life.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
18 Dec. 2023
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His parents were unmusical Russian-Jewish immigrants who ran various businesses with mixed success.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
3 Oct. 2019
Adjective
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The discordant note in the conversation was what to do next.—
Barbara Demick,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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His images are discordant — wild predators roaming concrete canyons.—
Catie Edmondson,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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“Inharmonious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inharmonious. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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