incongruous
Meaning of incongruous
- not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something.
the duffel coat looked incongruous with the black dress she wore underneath
early 17th century: from Latin incongruus (from in- ‘not’ + congruus ‘agreeing, suitable’, from the verb congruere ) + -ous.
Information about incongruous
- It is an adjective.
- Languages in which incongruous is used:
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Hyphenation of incongruous
in-con-gru-ous
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- incongruous is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
incongruous synonyms
Meaning not suitable or proper in the circumstances:
Meaning not fitting or appropriate:
Meaning not right or appropriate:
Meaning disagreeing or incongruous:
Meaning unsuitable or unusual in combination; clashing:
Meaning incompatible or at variance; contradictory:
Meaning in conflict with each other; incompatible:
Meaning incongruous in a striking or shocking way; clashing:
Meaning not correct or true; incorrect:
Meaning opposite in nature, direction, or meaning:
Meaning mutually opposed or inconsistent:
Meaning (of ideas or statements) so different from each other that they cannot be made compatible:
Meaning unusual or surprising; difficult to understand or explain:
Meaning different to what is usual or expected; strange:
Meaning wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate:
Meaning very strange or unusual:
Meaning irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with:
Meaning match (people or things) unsuitably or incorrectly:
Meaning not harmonious:
Meaning not staying the same throughout:
Meaning (of two things) so different in nature as to be incapable of coexisting:
Meaning not the same as another or each other; unlike in nature, form, or quality:
Meaning not the same; different:
Meaning differing strikingly:
Meaning essentially different in kind; not able to be compared:
incongruous antonyms
Meaning suitable or proper in the circumstances:
Meaning tuneful; not discordant:
Translation of incongruous
- Italian: incongruente, incongruo
- French: incongru
- Spanish: incongruente
Words that rhyme with incongruous
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