disharmonize
/dis'hɑ:mənaiz/ Cách viết khác : (disharmonize) /dis'hɑ:mənaiz/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To cause to sound harsh and unpleasant: To make sounds or music lack harmony, resulting in a discordant or jarring effect.
- To put out of harmony; to create discord: To disrupt agreement, consistency, or pleasing arrangement, making elements clash.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- The composer intentionally used clashing notes to disharmonize the melody and create a sense of tension.
- Adding that modern sculpture to the classical garden will disharmonize the entire aesthetic.
- Their constant arguing began to disharmonize the team's previously collaborative spirit.
Advanced Usage
- Used in a figurative or abstract sense: Often applied to non-musical contexts to describe disrupting balance or agreement.
- The new policy proposals threaten to disharmonize the carefully negotiated trade agreement.
- Often found in formal or literary contexts: More common in written analysis than everyday conversation.
Variants and Related Words
- Disharmony (n): A lack of harmony or agreement; discord.
- There was noticeable disharmony in the choir's performance.
- Disharmonious (adj): Lacking harmony; discordant.
- The disharmonious colors of the painting were criticized.
- Harmonize (v): (Antonym) To bring into harmony or agreement.
Synonyms
- Dissonate: To be dissonant; to sound harshly.
- Discord: To disagree; to be at variance (though more commonly a noun).
- Clash: To conflict or be incompatible.
Related Phrases
- To create disharmony: A common phrase meaning to cause a lack of agreement or pleasant combination.
- His divisive comments served only to create disharmony within the group.
Notes on Meaning
- The primary meaning relates to sound and music, causing a lack of harmony.
- The secondary, more figurative meaning extends to any situation where balance, agreement, or pleasing combination is disrupted. It implies an active action of causing the discord.
Verb
- cause to sound harsh and unpleasant