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View synonyms for disharmony

disharmony

[ dis-hahr-muh-nee ]

noun

, plural dis·har·mo·nies.
  1. lack of harmony; discord.
  2. something discordant.


disharmony

/ dɪsˈhɑːmənɪ; ˌdɪshɑːˈməʊnɪəs /

noun

  1. lack of accord or harmony
  2. a situation, circumstance, etc, that is inharmonious


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Derived Forms

  • ˌdisharˈmoniously, adverb
  • disharmonious, adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of disharmony1

First recorded in 1595–1605; dis- 1 + harmony

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Example Sentences

In both cases, he explained, “an expert hand must con­stantly bring disharmony back to consonance.”

There was acute disharmony in the room, where a little time before there had been at least an outward show of harmony.

Finally, disharmony is implied in and necessitated by the very fact of progress.

Otherwise there is a disharmony which lessens happiness and is harmful in many ways.

It is a disharmony that “among highly civilized peoples marriage and regular unions are impossible at the right time.”

This becomes a cause of disharmony and excess, it causes man to wreck his health and destroy himself.

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