Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inharmony

/ɪnˈhɑɹməni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-har-mo-ny
IPA: /ɪnˈhɑɹməni/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Lack of harmony.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In general, it is in exceeding bad taste to dye either lashes or brows, for it usually brings them into inharmony with the hair and features."
"Here in the night stretches a wide and blasted field studded with half-extinct fires burning redly with I know not what presage of evil. . . . To what monstrous inharmony of death was it the visible prelude?"
"Tom Slater made a congratulatory speech—in reality, a mournful adjuration to avoid the pitfalls of matrimonial inharmony."

Etymology

From in- + harmony.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: in

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪnˈhɑɹməni/
British English: /ɪnˈhɑːməni/

Usage

Inflected Forms

inharmonies (plural)

Synonyms

disharmony

Rhymes With

harmony disharmony guitarmony

Questions

How do you pronounce inharmony?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈhɑɹməni/.
What does inharmony mean?: Lack of harmony.
Where does inharmony come from?: From in- + harmony.

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