About The Word Incongruous
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Incongruous
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What's The Definition Of Incongruous?
[adj] lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness; "a plan incongruous with reason"; "incongruous behavior"; "a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Incongruous: discrepant | inappropriate | incompatible | inconsistent | inharmonious | ironic | ironical | out or keeping(p) | unfitting Related Terms | Find terms related to Incongruous: 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 See Also | Incongruous In Webster's Dictionary \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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