Meaning of INCONGRUOUS
Pronunciation: | | in'kânggroous
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| Definition: | | [adj] lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness; "a plan incongruous with reason"; "incongruous behavior"; "a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation" |
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| Synonyms: | | discrepant, inappropriate, incompatible, inconsistent, inharmonious, ironic, ironical, out or keeping(p), unfitting |
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| Antonyms: | | congruent, congruous | |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \In*con"gru*ous\, a. [L. incongruus. See {In-} not,
and {Congruous}.]
Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of
harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious;
inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent;
improper; as, an incongruous remark; incongruous behavior,
action, dress, etc. ``Incongruous mixtures of opinions.''
--I. Taylor. ``Made up of incongruous parts.'' --Macaulay.
Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or
suitableness of which the taste and experience of men
takes cognizance. --C. J. Smith.
{Incongruous numbers} (Arith.), two numbers, which, with
respect to a third, are such that their difference can not
be divided by it without a remainder, the two numbers
being said to be incongruous with respect to the third;
as, twenty-five are incongruous with respect to four.
Syn: Inconsistent; unsuitable; inharmonious; disagreeing;
absurd; inappropriate; unfit; improper. See
{Inconsistent}. -- {In*con"gru*ous*ly}, adv. --
{In*con"gru*ous*ness}, n.
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| Related Terms: | | abnormal, absonant, absurd, amusing, anomalous, assorted, at odds, at variance, bad, bizarre, clashing, colliding, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, contrary to reason, contrasted, contrasting, departing, deviating, deviative, different, differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disagreeing, disconsonant, discordant, discrepant, discrete, discriminated, disharmonious, disjoined, disparate, disproportionate, dissimilar, dissonant, distinct, distinguished, divergent, diverging, divers, diverse, diversified, droll, eccentric, fallacious, faulty, flawed, funny, futile, harsh, heterogeneous, hilarious, humorous, ill-advised, ill-considered, illogical, ill-suited, ill-timed, impolitic, improper, in disagreement, inaccordant, inadvisable, inappropriate, inapt, inauthentic, incoherent, incommensurable, incommensurate, incompatible, inconclusive, incongruent, inconsequent, inconsequential, inconsistent, inconsonant, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, inharmonious, inopportune, invalid, irrational, irreconcilable, laughable, loose, ludicrous, mal a propos, malapropos, many, motley, multifarious, nonscientific, not following, off-color, off-tone, out of keeping, out of line, out of place, out of proportion, out of step, oxymoronic, paradoxical, paralogical, poles apart, poles asunder, priceless, quaint, quizzical, reasonless, rich, ridiculous, risible, screaming, self-annulling, self-contradictory, self-refuting, senseless, separate, separated, several, unapt, unauthentic, unbecoming, unbefitting, unconformable, unconnected, undesirable, unequal, unfit, unfitting, unfortunate, unhappy, unlike, unmeet, unphilosophical, unprofitable, unreasonable, unscientific, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely, unwise, variant, varied, variegated, various, varying, whimsical, widely apart, without reason, witty, worlds apart, wrong |
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