Synonyms for disharmony
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Noun
1. Dissonance
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The absence of harmony or concordance.
Related words
- Other spellings
- dysharmony
Forms
- Plural
- disharmonies → dissonances, cacophonies, controversies, inharmonies…
Example sentences
- controversy She has waded into one controversy after another.
- dissonance This piece makes heavy use of dissonance and syncopation.
- cacophony I'm a cacophony of everything I've experienced.
- imbalance Love is simply a temporary hormonal imbalance.
- discrepancy I can't think of an explanation for the discrepancy.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| disharmony | steady | |
| controversy | falling | |
| dissonance | rising | |
| cacophony | rising | |
| inharmony | rising | |
| imbalance | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 9 letters
- imbalance3, cacophony4, inharmony
- 10 letters
- dissonance3
- 11 letters
- controversy4, discrepancy4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (imbalance3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dysharmonie