unharmoniousadj.
/ˌʌnhɑːˈməʊnɪəs/, U.S. /ˌənˌhɑrˈmoʊniəs/ 1.
a. Not sounding in harmony; unmelodious.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective]
hardOE
rudea1375
stern1390
rougha1400
discordanta1425
stoutc1440
hoarse1513
harsh1530
raughtish1567
rugged1567
dissonant1573
harshy1582
jarry1582
immelodious1601
cragged1605
raggeda1616
unmusicala1616
absonousa1620
unharmoniousa1634
inharmonical1683
unharmonic1694
inharmonious1715
craggy1774
pebbly1793
reedy1795
iron1807
dry1819
inharmonic1828
asperated1835
sawing1851
shrewd1876
coarse1879
callithumpian1886
dissonantal1946
ear-bending1946
sandpaper1953
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > inharmonious or unmelodious
discordanta1425
jarring1552
dissonant1573
tuneless1595
discordous1597
immelodious1601
discord1606
absurd1617
unharmoniousa1634
scrannel1638
unmelodious1665
disharmonious1683
disharmonical1688
unharmonic1694
dissonous1715
inharmonious1715
disconsonant1731
anti-musical1824
ear-sore1859
tin-kettley1862
cacophonous1867
unnoted1867
callithumpian1886
tinny1904
crunchy1959
a1634 G. Chapman Revenge for Honour (1654) ii. i. 224 These sounds are unharmonious.
1712 J. Swift Proposal for Eng. Tongue 21 Such harsh unharmonious Sounds, that none but a Northern Ear could endure.
1753 R. Clayton Jrnl. from Cairo to Sinai 4 The noisy sonnets of our Eastern friends, who..designed these their unharmonious vociferations as a compliment.
1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 139 Some country-seats, one of which bears the unharmonious name, Gutsch.
1859 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 266 An unharmonious chorus of collective voices.
b. Not yielding or producing harmonious sounds.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] > making harsh or discordant sound
hoarsec1369
ganglinga1398
roughlyc1400
rauk?a1425
rustyc1430
hask?1440
savagea1450
raw1474
hoar?a1505
harsh1530
untunable1545
jarring1552
jarry1582
barking1589
absonant1600
wrangling1608
raucous1615
asper1626
streperous1637
scrannel1638
caterwaulinga1652
unmelodious1665
jangling1667
latrant1702
untuneful1709
raucid1730
unharmonious1742
unmelodized1771
unmelodic1823
raucal1826
rauque1845
raspish1847
serratic1859
jangled1874
jangly1891
amelodic1937
1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Third 10 Transfixt by Fate..How from the Summit of the Grove she fell, And left it Unharmonious?
1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 734 Wholesome airs,..And groves, if unharmonious, yet secure From clamour.
1863 T. Woolner My Beautiful Lady i. 29 What trite old folly unharmonious sages..write..Of sin original and growing crime!
2. Not exhibiting harmony or agreement.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective]
discordablea1393
discordanta1393
discordinga1398
incongruea1398
inconvenient1398
unaccording1398
discordc1415
disagreeablea1425
inconsutilec1450
unaccordanta1470
dissonant1490
disaccordanta1513
disagreeing?1526
incongruent1531
wide1531
unconsonant1535
dissonate1548
dissenting1550
dissident?c1550
unagreeable?1550
disconformc1554
discrepant1556
absonant1564
dissentany1586
disconsorted1589
disagreed1596
discordous1597
discordious1598
incorrespondent1599
dissentious1605
untunable1605
incongruous1611
unagreeing1611
unanswerable1611
eccentric1612
unconcurrent1613
disconsonant1614
dissentaneous1623
dissorting1631
uncorrespondent1631
discorrespondent1635
incoincident1636
unconcurring1639
eccentrical1640
unatonable1645
incompliant1647
pluranimous1650
disconformeda1658
inagreeable1657
inconsonant1658
disharmonious1659
inconcinn1660
discongruous1663
unharmonious1667
discoherent1675
uncongruous1709
inharmonious1749
immutual1768
unharmonized1803
unconsentaneous1818
inaccordant1822
uncorresponding1826
unharmonizing1851
non-concurring1866
discordful1867
disharmonic1887
non-concurrent1907
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 51 Those pure immortal Elements that know No gross, no unharmoneous mixture foule. View more context for this quotation
1796 M. Robinson Angelina I. 125 Pardon me..for the impertinence of supposing that your enlightened mind can for a moment be unharmonious.
1805 Loudon Improv. Hot-Houses 38 Walls and flues covered with white plaster, the raw glare of which..has a harsh and unharmonious effect.
1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. ix. 42 The distinct and unharmonious elements of which the population..was made up.
1876 J. Bernstein Five Senses 120 The cause of the harmonious or unharmonious relation between colours.
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