INCONGRUOUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does incongruous mean? • INCONGRUOUS (adjective)
The adjective INCONGRUOUS has 1 sense:
1. lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
Familiarity information: INCONGRUOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INCONGRUOUS (adjective)
Meaning:
Lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
Context examples:
a plan incongruous with reason / incongruous behavior / a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation
Similar:
discrepant; inconsistent (not in 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)
Antonym:
congruous (corresponding in character or kind)
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