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unharmonize

unharmonize verb: to disturb the harmony of.

Verb

unharmonize (third-person singular simple present unharmonizes, present participle unharmonizing, simple past and past participle unharmonized)

  1. To disturb the harmony of
    • In the exhilarating hope of reaching London on a scale of expence so suitable to her scanty means, and under some sort of protection, it was not in the power of Sir Jacob nor his companion entirely to unharmonize her mind.1797, Mrs. Anna Maria Bennett, The Beggar Girl and Her Benefactors: In Seven Volumes
    • Disease waits for us in a thousand shapes, ever ready to seize and unharmonize our frail frames, and rob us of the little ease we might otherwise enjoy.1826, Discourses on a Future Existence, etc, page 14

Forms of unharmonize

third-person singular presentunharmonizes
present participleunharmonizing
past participleunharmonized
pastunharmonized
alternative formunharmonise

Origin of unharmonize

From un- + harmony + -ize.

Questions about unharmonize

What does unharmonize mean?
Unharmonize means to disturb the harmony of.
What part of speech is unharmonize?
Unharmonize is a verb.
What is the past tense of unharmonize?
The past tense of unharmonize is unharmonized.

Words near unharmonize in the dictionary

  1. unharmoniousness
  2. unharmonise
  3. unharmonised
  4. unharmonises
  5. unharmonising
  6. unharmonize
  7. unharmonized
  8. unharmonizes
  9. unharmonizing
  10. unharmony
  11. unharness

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