Inharmonious - English meaning

adjective

Involving or producing a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.

Usage examples:

The cacophonous sound of slot machines

adjective

Having an unpleasant mixture of sounds

Usage examples:

We woke up to the cacophonous sound of birds., the restaurant is a cacophonous, high-ceilinged room.

adjective

Disagreeing or incongruous.

Usage examples:

The operative principle of democracy is a balance of discordant qualities

adjective

Producing an unpleasant sound

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Discordant opinions discordant opinions prevail even among good judges., the contemporary dialogue …

adjective

Used to describe something that is not in agreement with something else

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Discordant opinions discordant opinions prevail even among good judges.

adjective

Lacking harmony.

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Irregular, dissonant chords

adjective

(of sounds or musical notes) sounding strange or unpleasant

Usage examples:

A dissonant combination of sounds, his compositions tend to be brutally dissonant and repetitive., …

adjective

Not agreeing with or not the same as other things, usually in a way that is strange or hard to accept

Usage examples:

Amid the celebrations over the passage of the reform bill this week, one dissonant voice could be h…

adjective

Sounding harsh and unpleasant.

Usage examples:

A high, grating voice

noun

A framework of parallel or crossed bars, typically preventing access through an opening while permitting communication or ventilation.

Usage examples:

Suddenly, something thudded against the grating that covered the opening.

verb

Reduce (food) to small shreds by rubbing it on a grater.

Usage examples:

Peel and roughly grate the carrots

adjective

Unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses.

Usage examples:

Drenched in a harsh white neon light

adjective

Unkind or cruel or uncivil

adjective

Unkind or cruel

Usage examples:

Harsh criticism, a harsh winter, harsh lighting

preposition

Expressing the situation of something that is or appears to be enclosed or surrounded by something else.

Usage examples:

I'm living in london

adverb

Expressing movement with the result that someone or something becomes enclosed or surrounded by something else.

Usage examples:

Come in

adjective

Present at one's home or office.

Usage examples:

We knocked at the door but there was no one in

verb

Make or cause to make a ringing metallic sound, typically a discordant one.

Usage examples:

A bell jangled loudly

noun

A ringing metallic sound.

Usage examples:

The shrill jangle of the door bell

noun

The noise of metal hitting metal

Usage examples:

The jangling of sleigh bells, a loud jangling noise

adjective

Incongruous in a striking or shocking way; clashing.

Usage examples:

The telephone struck a jarring note in those renaissance surroundings

verb

Send a painful or damaging shock through (something, especially a part of the body).

Usage examples:

He jarred the knee in training

adjective

Different from surrounding or usual things, or disagreeing with others, and therefore surprising or upsetting

Usage examples:

A jarring succession of images, the band took a new, if jarring, approach to this music.

adverb

Singing the wrong notes

Usage examples:

He was singing off-key, and it was painful to hear.

phrase

Of an inappropriate or misapplied nature

phrasal verb

To prevent something or someone from entering a place

Usage examples:

Danger! keep out!, you can’t keep the dirt out of the tent., children without regular medical care …

adjective

Making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise.

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Raucous youths

adjective

Loud, excited, and not controlled, esp. in an unpleasant way

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Raucous laughter

adjective

Loud and unpleasant

Usage examples:

I heard the raucous call of the crows., raucous laughter came from the next room., the party was be…

verb

(of a person or animal) give a loud, harsh, piercing cry.

Usage examples:

She hit her brother, causing him to screech with pain

noun

Loud, harsh piercing cries or noises.

Usage examples:

The screeching of a macaw

adjective

Making a loud, harsh, piercing sound.

Usage examples:

A screeching flock of parrots

adjective

(of a sound) loud and harsh; grating.

Usage examples:

His voice had become increasingly strident

adjective

Forceful, or very loud

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Strident criticism, a strident voice

adjective

Not pleasing to listen to; unmelodious.

Usage examples:

Tuneless whistling

adjective

Not harmonious.

Usage examples:

The unharmonious noise of town life

adjective

Having an unpleasant tune or harmony (= the sound of different notes being played or sung at the same time)

Usage examples:

We all joined in a splendidly unharmonious rendition of auld lang syne., the listener from the very…

adjective

Not melodious; discordant.

Usage examples:

An unmelodious chorus of horns

adjective

Not melodious (= pleasant to listen to)

Usage examples:

This bird has a distinctive, shrill, and unmelodious call., it's an understatement to say that his …

adjective

Not pleasing to the ear.

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A loud, unmusical noise

adjective

Not pleasant to listen to; not sounding like music

Usage examples:

The birds are not noisy but most of their notes are harsh and unmusical., all mothers, even the unm…

adjective

Not fitting or appropriate.

Usage examples:

The display is unsuitable for young children

adjective

Not right for a particular person, situation, or occasion

Usage examples:

Parts of this movie may be unsuitable for children.