inharmonious

adjective

ˌin-(ˌ)här-ˈmō-nē-əs How to pronounce inharmonious (audio)
Definition of inharmoniousnext
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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2
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. — 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
  1. conflicting
  2. shrill
  3. inconsistent
  4. dissonant
  5. unpleasant
  6. noisy
  7. unmusical
  8. discordant
Adjective
  • Students are transferring three and four times, pros are trying to play ball against college kids, conflicting court decisions have created a fragmented system, one that no one intended.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Technology that creates extra steps, produces conflicting information or is difficult to use can become an obstacle rather than a solution.
    — Natalie Lemke, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of conflicting
Adjective
  • With a soprano voice that’s sharp but never shrill, O’Donovan can levitate a heartfelt melody over just about any kind of accompaniment.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
  • When Caleb Hammer, a thirty-one-year-old personal-finance YouTuber, gets particularly exasperated, his voice enters a shrill upper register.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of shrill
Adjective
  • Even the actors’ bodies exhibit the bland greige produced by the high dynamic range of digital cameras and are flattened by the inconsistent lighting that comes from overuse of green screens.
    — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • In Finance​ Give agentic AI fragmented data, inconsistent processes or unclear ownership, and those weaknesses become part of how the technology operates.
    — Ari Widlansky, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of inconsistent
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  • In a film, that’s where the music would come up, dissonant strings, ringing ears, the drums increasing tempo.
    — Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The score was such a beautiful, odd, dissonant piece of work.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of dissonant
Adjective
  • As unpleasant as his job might be at the moment, Harbaugh is ostensibly safe.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Depriving the plant of light discourages the development of chlorophyll—the green plant pigment responsible for color—and rids the chicory of an unpleasant flavor.
    — Tamar Adler, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of unpleasant
Adjective
  • Lucy refurbishes their noisy slab arrangements into massive walls of buzzing texture, like a cross between a fashionable rave and a final boss battle.
    — H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026
  • In a place where others might have heard a gunshot, or the noisy retreat of a car on three good tires.
    — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of noisy
Adjective
  • 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
  • His parents were unmusical Russian-Jewish immigrants who ran various businesses with mixed success.
    — The Economist, The Economist, 3 Oct. 2019
Definition of unmusical
Adjective
  • Trump has been, perhaps, the most discordant messenger of the administration when discussing Iran.
    — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The constant contrast between pristine nature and industrial machinery is accompanied by a discordant synth-heavy score by composer Robert Nacken, that, at times, pushes the film along and, at others, deliberately drags against it.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of discordant

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“Inharmonious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inharmonious. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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