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unharˈmonious, a.
[un-1 7 and 5 b.]
1. Not sounding in harmony; unmelodious.
a1634Chapman Rev. for Honour ii. i. 224 These sounds are unharmonious. 1727Swift Let. Eng. Tongue Wks. 1755 II. i. 188 Such harsh unharmonious sounds, that none but a northern ear could endure. 1753R. Clayton Jrnl. fr. Cairo to Mt. Sinai 4 The noisy sonnets of our Eastern friends, who..designed these their unharmonious vociferations as a compliment. 1832G. Downes Lett. Cont. Countries I. 139 Some country-seats, one of which bears the unharmonious name, Gutsch. 1859R. F. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. Geog. Soc. XXIX. 266 An unharmonious chorus of collective voices.
b. Not yielding or producing harmonious sounds.
1742Young Nt. Th. iii. 89 Transfixt by fate,..How from the summit of the grove she fell, And left it unharmonious! 1784Cowper Task iii. 734 Wholesome airs,..And groves, if unharmonious, yet secure From clamour. a1861T. Woolner My Beautiful Lady, Night i, What trite old folly unharmonious sages..write..Of sin original and growing crime!
2. Not exhibiting harmony or agreement.
1667Milton P.L. xi. 51 Those pure immortal Elements that know No gross, no unharmoneous mixture foule. 1796M. Robinson Angelina I. 125 Pardon me..for the impertinence of supposing that your enlightened mind can for a moment be unharmonious. 1805Loudon Improv. Hot-Houses 38 Walls and flues covered with white plaster, the raw glare of which..has a harsh and unharmonious effect. 1846Grote Greece ix. (1862) II. 246 The distinct and un⁓harmonious elements of which the population..was made up. 1876Bernstein Five Senses 120 The cause of the harmonious or unharmonious relation between colours. |