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disharmony

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /dɪsˈhɑːməni/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /dɪsˈhɑɹməni/
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)məni
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S HH AA1 R M AH0 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The absence of harmony or concordance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inharmony

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a lack of harmony

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inharmoniousness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dissonance

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English harmony English disharmony From dis- + harmony.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: разногла́сие (raznoglásie) — the absence of harmony
  • Bulgarian: дисхармо́ния (disharmónija) — the absence of harmony
  • Catalan: desharmonia — the absence of harmony
  • Catalan: dissonància — the absence of harmony
  • Esperanto: malharmonio — the absence of harmony
  • Esperanto: disharmonio — the absence of harmony
  • Finnish: epäsopu — the absence of harmony
  • Finnish: epäsointu — the absence of harmony
  • Finnish: disharmonia — the absence of harmony
  • French: dysharmonie — the absence of harmony
  • French: désharmonie — the absence of harmony
  • French: désaccord — the absence of harmony
  • German: Disharmonie — the absence of harmony
  • Greek: δυσαρμονία (dysarmonía) — the absence of harmony
  • Hebrew: דיסהרמוניה — the absence of harmony
  • Hebrew: חוסר התאמה — the absence of harmony
  • Hebrew: צרימה — the absence of harmony
  • Manx: mee-vingys — the absence of harmony
  • Manx: neuchordailys — the absence of harmony
  • Norman: d'sharmonie — the absence of harmony
  • Polish: dysharmonia — the absence of harmony
  • Portuguese: desarmonia — the absence of harmony
  • Romanian: dezacord — the absence of harmony
  • Romanian: discordanță — the absence of harmony
  • Romanian: dezarmonie — the absence of harmony
  • Russian: дисгармо́ния (disgarmónija) — the absence of harmony
  • Russian: разногла́сие (raznoglásije) — the absence of harmony
  • Spanish: disarmonía — the absence of harmony
  • Spanish: desarmonía — the absence of harmony
  • Swedish: disharmoni — the absence of harmony
  • Swedish: missljud — the absence of harmony
  • Swedish: oenighet — the absence of harmony
  • Swedish: gnissel — the absence of harmony
  • Ukrainian: дисгармо́нія (dysharmónija) — the absence of harmony
  • Welsh: anghytgord — the absence of harmony