Incongruous

Word INCONGRUOUS
Character 11
Hyphenation in con gru ous
Pronunciations /ɪnˈkɒn.ɡɹʊu.ʌs/

Definitions and meanings of "Incongruous"

What do we mean by incongruous?

Lacking in harmony; incompatible. adjective

Not in agreement, as with principles; inconsistent. adjective

Not in keeping with what is correct, proper, or logical; inappropriate. adjective

In the theory of numbers, not congruent: thus, 7 and 8 are incongruous to the modulus 3, giving different remainders when divided by the modulus.

Not congruous; incapable of reciprocally fitting and agreeing; unsuited or unsuitable; inharmonious.

Consisting of inappropriate parts, or of parts not fitly put together; disjointed: as, an incongruous story.

Synonyms Inconsistent, etc. (see incompatible), unsuitable, unsuited, unfit, inappropriate, ill-matched, out of keeping.

Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious; inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper adjective

Two numbers, which, with respect to a third, are such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder, the two numbers being said to be incongruous with respect to the third; as, twenty and twenty-five are incongruous with respect to four. adjective

Not similar or congruent; not matching or fitting in. adjective

Lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness adjective

Not similar or congruent; not matching or fitting in.

Of two numbers, with respect to a third, such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder.

A disconnect between the way a girl looks and the way she acts. Urban Dictionary

Adj. Gay and ready for rectal plowing. Urban Dictionary

Obtained from a non-swear insult generator, an incongruous pumpkin seed is someone that doesn't fit in due to being small and wide. Like a pumpkin seed. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Incongruous

The word "incongruous" in example sentences

On occasion, however, material, geographical, and emotional distance resulted in incongruous appropriations that were the result of images and meanings randomly and bizarrely associated with each other. ❋ Unknown (2005)

People dig it when they see other people dancing in incongruous places. ❋ Unknown (2004)

That night -- I call it that though the constant weak daylight made the term incongruous -- activity showed in the City of Ice. ❋ Ray Cummings (1922)

So composite and incongruous is this body of Nile-goers, young and old, well-dressed and ill-dressed, learned and unlearned, that the new-comer's first impulse is to inquire from what motives so many persons of dissimilar tastes and training can be led to embark upon an expedition which is, to say the least of it, very tedious, very costly, and of an altogether exceptional interest. ❋ Unknown (1891)

Briscoe eyed him sternly, the expression incongruous with the habitual aspect of his broad, jovial, florid face. ❋ Mary Noailles Murfree (1886)

Sometimes, with mechs, a smile could transform the face into something even less human—the expression somehow incongruous on the synthetic lips, a quaint and unsettling party trick, like a dog propped at the dinner table with a fork and spoon. ❋ ROBIN WASSERMAN (2009)

These backstories give the characters weight and depth that informs their actions and doesn't feel incongruous, which is quite an achievement. ❋ Adam Whitehead (2008)

Randall Jarrell wrote that in war "the incongruous is the common-place homogenous texture of all life." ❋ Unknown (2008)

In the years that followed that second christening, many changes had taken place in her that made the pet name incongruous. ❋ Margaret Mitchell (1996)

He thinks, as Bataille did of Manet, that the only great art is "incongruous" or, better still, "disrespectful" -- concretely, disobeying the order of the world and of nature, inventive, unfaithful, insolent. ❋ Bernard-Henri Lévy (2010)

[Vickie's] [good looks] totally incongruent with her [bad girl] attitude. ❋ Copperwy (2017)

[Cam] is [incongruous]. Men have formed an [orderly] line outside his door, waiting for their crack at his crack. ❋ Pappa Hymen (2008)

Me: "You're such an [incongruous pumpkin seed]." [Incongruous Pumpkin Seed]: "That's not true! [My mother] says I am very [congruent]..." ❋ NotSnappo (2022)

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