Incongruous Definition

ĭn-kŏnggro͝o-əs
adjective
Lacking in harmony; incompatible.
A joke that was incongruous with polite conversation.
American Heritage
Not congruous.
Webster's New World
Not in agreement, as with principles; inconsistent.
A plan incongruous with reason.
American Heritage
Not in keeping with what is correct, proper, or logical; inappropriate.
Incongruous behavior.
American Heritage

Not similar or congruent; not matching or fitting in.

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Origin of Incongruous

  • From Latin incongruus in- not in–1 congruus congruous congruous

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin incongruus, from in- (“not”) + congruus (“congruent”).

    From Wiktionary

Incongruous Sentence Examples

  • If he tried, his pictures seemed incongruous and false.

  • But the total value of his poetical work is discounted by the imperfection of metrical form, the presence of incongruous images, the predominance of the intellectual over the emotional element, and the lack of flow.

  • In 1776 three of the seven bays of the nave were pulled down, and soon after the incongruous western front was added.

  • On the left-hand side of the front rises an incongruous brick-built tower, 278 ft.

  • Dr Wilde insists on there being "nothing incongruous with the laws of nature in the theory that the sun, moon and stars influence men's physical bodies and conditions, seeing that man is made up of a physical part of the earth."

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Words Starting With

IININC

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SUSOUS

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Words Starting With I and Ending With S

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