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misharmonized

misharmonized adjective: failing to harmonize; discordant.

Adjective

misharmonized (comparative more misharmonized, superlative most misharmonized)

  1. Failing to harmonize; discordant.
    • He writes that the C in the bass “replaces a chord so longed for, and so painstakingly prepared over the previous few measures ... the actual granting of the tonic pitch in the melody intensifies the disappointment, for we actually hear the note we seek , but misharmonized.2011, Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy - Volumes 25-26, page 27
    • Furthermore many forms of industrial chronic and degenerative illness are thought to be the result from the effects of misharmonized vibration in the human body.2018, Dickson Thom, James Paul Maffitt Odell, Jeoffrey Drobot, Bioregulatory Medicine, page 144

Forms of misharmonized

comparativemore misharmonized
superlativemost misharmonized

Origin of misharmonized

From mis- + harmonize + -ed.

Questions about misharmonized

What does misharmonized mean?
Misharmonized means failing to harmonize; discordant.
What part of speech is misharmonized?
Misharmonized is an adjective.

Words near misharmonized in the dictionary

  1. mishapping
  2. mishappy
  3. mishaps
  4. mishapt
  5. Mishar
  6. misharmonized
  7. Mishars
  8. misharvest
  9. misharvested
  10. misharvesting
  11. misharvests

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