⚡ Causing conflict 🎨 Not matching

clashy

8.4

Having a harsh, unpleasant mix of colors, sounds, or styles

adjective
/ˈklæʃi/

: discordante

Some people enjoy bold, clashy patterns in their home decor.

Examples

The two songs played together sounded oddly clashy and unpleasant.
The colors in her outfit were a bit too clashy for the formal event.
That outfit is so clashy that it hurts my eyes!
The colors in that painting are too clashy.
The clashy colors of the painting made it hard to focus on the details.
Her clashy outfit combined bright patterns that clashed rather than complemented each other.
The music's clashy sounds created an uncomfortable atmosphere at the event.

Synonyms

discordant

vsclashy

9 7.4

Not fitting together and often clashing in sound or opinion

applies to harsh or mismatched combinations across looks, style, or color

cacophonous

vsclashy

2 8.4

Making a loud, harsh noise that is unpleasant to hear

applies more widely to looks or style, not only unpleasant sound

dissonant

vsclashy

1 7.1

Colors, opinions, or sounds that do not match and seem to clash

focuses on a harsh or unpleasant quality when items are combined

cacophonic

vsclashy

1 9.3

Has a loud, harsh sound that is unpleasant

is used for unpleasant combinations across color and design, not only sound

clashing

vsclashy

4.9

Having colors, patterns or ideas that do not go well together

is milder, describing a general unpleasant or mismatched combination

disharmonic

vsclashy

8.2

Not matching other things in look, feeling, or ideas

highlights an unpleasant or harsh combined look rather than simple mismatch

inconsonant

vsclashy

9.9

Making a harsh, clashing sound

is broader, applying to harsh or mismatched combinations beyond sound

mismatching

vsclashy

4.2

Not fitting together in color or style, for example clothes

often implies a harsh or unpleasant combined effect, not only a poor fit

unmelodious

vsclashy

8.0

Not having a pleasant, musical sound

covers harsh combinations in looks or style as well as sound

Antonyms

pleasant

314 1.0

Giving a gentle feeling of enjoyment

cohesive

38 6.3

Keeping people or parts united and working well

How Discordant

jarring

20 6.1

grating

1 6.2

clashy

8.4

incongruous

14 7.4

mismatched

3 3.4

Surface Forms

clashy positive

Morphology

clashy = clash (transparent) = clash + y

Formed from the common word 'clash' with the productive adjectival suffix '-y', yielding a meaning 'characterized by or causing clashes', which is readily inferable by learners.

Etymology

Clashy comes from clash, the idea of two things that do not go well together, like loud notes or bright colors that feel wrong 'not matching'. So clashy describes a harsh or mismatched quality in sound, color, or style.