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to disharmonize

to disharmonize

9.1
Make different things or sounds clash so they feel unpleasant
  • verb
  • /dɪsˈhɑːrmənaɪz/
translation icon : desarmonizar
  • The improperly tuned instruments began to disharmonize the orchestra's performance.

Examples

  • Too many clashing voices can disharmonize an otherwise pleasant choir.

  • The loud noise disharmonized the beautiful music.

  • Modern architecture can sometimes disharmonize with the classic style of older neighborhoods.

  • Don't disharmonize the choir's performance!

  • The improperly tuned instruments began to disharmonize the orchestra's performance.

  • Too many clashing voices can disharmonize an otherwise pleasant choir.

  • Modern architecture can sometimes disharmonize with the classic style of older neighborhoods.

Synonyms

to venomize
vsto disharmonize
1 9.5

To make people or groups angry and mean to each other

is about causing sounds to be harsh rather than making people hostile
to dissonate
vsto disharmonize
  • Specialized
9.9

To make sounds that do not fit together and seem unpleasant

has the same meaning but is a different word form
to harshen
vsto disharmonize
7.4

To make something seem more severe or unpleasant

applies specifically to causing sounds or voices to be harsh and discordant
to toxify
vsto disharmonize
8.0

To make a relationship or situation harmful and unpleasant

refers to causing sounds or voices to be harsh and discordant

Antonyms

10 4.1

Make different things agree or work well together

How Discordant

to disharmonize
9.1
to clash
18 3.2
to jar
2 7.3

Surface Forms

disharmonize infinitive
disharmonized past participle
disharmonizing present participle
disharmonizes third person singular

Morphology

disharmonize = harmonize (transparent) = dis + harmon + ize

From the verb 'harmonize', the prefix 'dis-' straightforwardly signals reversal or disruption, yielding 'make discordant'.

Etymology

Disharmonize starts with dis- meaning 'not' and uses harmony, which means 'pleasant sounds together'. So to disharmonize is to make sounds or voices 'not' fit together, turning them harsh or unpleasant.