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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic, contradictory |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antipathetic, antipodal, antithetical, clashing, conflicting, contrary, counter, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, disparate, factious, inadmissible, inappropriate, incoherent, inconformable, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inconstant, irreconcilable, jarring, marching to a different drummer, mismatched, night and day, offbeat, opposed, opposite, poles apart, unadapted, uncongenial, unsuitable, unsuited, warring, whale of difference |
| Antonyms: | compatible, consonant, harmonious, loving, suited, well-matched |
| Main Entry: | conflicting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contradictory |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antagonistic, antipathetic, at odds with, clashing, contrariant, contrary, disconsonant, discordant, discrepant, dissonant, incompatible, incongruent, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, opposed, opposing, paradoxical, unfavorable, unmixable |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, harmonious, nonconflicting, peaceful |
| Main Entry: | contradictory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic |
| Synonyms: | adverse, against, agin, anti, antipodal, antipodean, antithetic, antithetical, con, conflicting, contrary, converse, counter, counteractive, diametric, discrepant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, irreconcilable, negating, no go, nullifying, opposing, opposite, ornery*, paradoxical, polar, repugnant, reverse |
| Antonyms: | agreeing, confirming, consistent, reconcilable, reconciled, vouching |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discordant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not in harmony; conflicting |
| Synonyms: | antagonistic, antipathetic, at odds, cacophonous, clashing, contradictory, contrarient, contrary, different, disagreeing, discrepant, dissonant, divergent, grating, harsh, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inharmonious, jangling, jarring, on a sour note, opposite, quarreling, strident, uncongenial, unharmonious, unmelodious, unmixable |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, agreeing, concordant, cooperating, harmonious |
| Main Entry: | discrepant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disagreeing |
| Synonyms: | at variance, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, different, differing, disconsonant, discordant, disparate, dissonant, divergent, diverse, incompatible, incongruent, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, unmixable, varying |
| Antonyms: | agreeing, concurring, consistent, harmonious |
| Main Entry: | disparate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at odds, different |
| Synonyms: | at variance, contrary, contrasting, discordant, discrepant, dissimilar, distant, distinct, divergent, diverse, far cry, incommensurate, incompatible, inconsistent, inconsonant, like night and day, poles apart, separate, unalike, unequal, unequivalent, uneven, unlike, unsimilar, various |
| Antonyms: | alike, equal, like, same, similar |
| Main Entry: | dissonant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different, conflicting |
| Synonyms: | anomalous, at variance, differing, disagreeing, disconsonant, discordant, discrepant, dissentient, incompatible, incongruent, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, irreconcilable, irregular, sour note, unmixable |
| Antonyms: | coinciding, compatible, complementary, consonant, similar |
| Main Entry: | foreign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irrelevant |
| Synonyms: | accidental, adventitious, extraneous, extrinsic, heterogeneous, immaterial, impertinent, inapposite, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, irrelative, repugnant, unassimilable, uncharacteristic, unrelated |
| Antonyms: | characteristic, familiar, known, regular, relevant |
| Main Entry: | harsh |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough, crude (to the senses) |
| Synonyms: | acrid, asperous, astringent, bitter, bleak, cacophonous, caterwauling, clashing, coarse, cracked, craggy, creaking, croaking, disagreeing, discordant, dissonant, disturbing, earsplitting, flat, glaring, grating, grim, guttural, hard, hoarse, incompatible, jagged, jangling, jarring, noisy, not smooth, off-key, out-of-key, out-of-tune, rasping, raucous, rigid, rugged, rusty, screeching, severe, sharp, sour, strident, stridulous, tuneless, uneven, unlevel, unmelodious, unmusical, unrelenting |
| Antonyms: | easy, gentle, mild, peaceful, pleasing, smooth, soft |
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