disharmonize

[ dis-hahr-muh-nahyz ]

verb (used with or without object)

, dis·har·mo·nized, dis·har·mo·niz·ing.

1. to make or be inharmonious.

Other Words From

• dis·har·mo·nism [dis-, hahr, -m, uh, -niz-, uh, m], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of disharmonize¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; dis- ¹ + harmonize

Example Sentences

All help us, then, to higher states; those who tranquilize us, and those who disharmonize us till we fain would withdraw to our soul's innermost for peace.

From Project Gutenberg

I presume that those who disharmonize us, aid us to higher states, for they force us out in search of something better.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• clash
• contradict
• differ
• dissent
• diverge