INCONGRUOUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness

Example:

a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation

Classified under:

Adjectives

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)

Derivation:

incongruity; incongruousness (the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate)