disharmonizev.
/dɪsˈhɑːmənʌɪz/ 1. transitive. To put out of harmony, destroy the harmony of; to make unharmonious or discordant.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > be unharmonious or incongruous with [verb (transitive)] > put out of harmony
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1801 J. Carey in Monthly Mag. 11 314 Instances in which the harmony of ancient versification is thus disharmonized by the application of modern accent.
1824 C. Lamb in London Mag. Sept. 225/1 A trait of affectation, or worse, vain-glory..disharmonising the place and the occasion.
1843 E. B. Pusey Serm. Holy Eucharist 10 Our nature jarring still, disharmonized, obscured, deformed.
1858 E. H. Sears Athanasia iii. x. 335 Cleared of disharmonizing elements.
2. intransitive. To be out of harmony; not to harmonize.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > be unharmonious or incongruous [verb (intransitive)]
missounda1382
discordc1384
disaccorda1500
disagreea1513
disgree1530
miscord1532
to agree (etc.) like harp and harrow1563
antipathizec1630
to jump awry1762
disharmonize1863
1863 B. Taylor Hannah Thurston III. 22 A trifle of affectation in her manner did not disharmonize with such a face; it was natural to her.
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