to disharmonize
- verb
- /dɪsˈhɑːrmənaɪz/
- The improperly tuned instruments began to disharmonize the orchestra's performance.
Examples
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Too many clashing voices can disharmonize an otherwise pleasant choir.
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The loud noise disharmonized the beautiful music.
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Modern architecture can sometimes disharmonize with the classic style of older neighborhoods.
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Don't disharmonize the choir's performance!
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The improperly tuned instruments began to disharmonize the orchestra's performance.
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Too many clashing voices can disharmonize an otherwise pleasant choir.
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Modern architecture can sometimes disharmonize with the classic style of older neighborhoods.
Synonyms
To make people or groups angry and mean to each other
To make sounds that do not fit together and seem unpleasant
To make something seem more severe or unpleasant
To make a relationship or situation harmful and unpleasant
Antonyms
How Discordant
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.