2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incongruous \In*con"gru*ous\, a. [L. incongruus. See {In-} not
and {Congruous}.]
Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of
harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious;
inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent;
improper; as an incongruous remark; incongruous behavior,
action dress, etc ``Incongruous mixtures of opinions.''
--I. Taylor. ``Made up of incongruous parts.'' --Macaulay.
Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or
suitableness of which the taste and experience of men
takes cognizance. --C. J. Smith.
{Incongruous numbers} (Arith.), 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-five are incongruous with respect to four
Syn: Inconsistent; unsuitable; inharmonious; disagreeing;
absurd; inappropriate; unfit; improper. See
{Inconsistent}. -- {In*con"gru*ous*ly}, adv --
{In*con"gru*ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
incongruous
adj 1: lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness; "a
plan incongruous with reason"; "incongruous behavior";
"a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation"
[ant: {congruous}]
2: inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense "the
absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is
highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman
[syn: {absurd}, {unreasonable}]
more about incongruous
browse words by letter
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
or search
thesauri
dictionary
search words
|
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
|
