incongruous (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *incongruous*:
ADJECTIVE	all	incongruous	lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness

incongruous > pronunciation
Sounds	ihngkao'ngruwahs
Rhymes	abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs...

English > *incongruous*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness.
Examples	"a plan incongruous with reason" "incongruous behavior" "a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation"
Narrower	discrepant, inconsistent	not in agreement / agreement
	inappropriate, incompatible, out or keeping, unfitting	not in keeping with what is correct or proper
	inharmonious	lacking in harmony of parts
	ironic, ironical	Characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is
Opposite	congruous, congruent	corresponding / corresponding in character or kind
Spanish	disparate, incongruente, incongruo
Catalan	incongruent
Nouns	incongruity, incongruousness	the quality of disagreeing
Adverbs	incongruously	in an incongruous manner

HyperDic: incongruous