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incongruous
adjective as in out of place; absurd
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- alien
- conflicting
- disconsonant
- discordant
- disparate
- distorted
- divergent
- extraneous
- fantastic
- fitful
- foreign
- illogical
- improper
- inapropos
- inapt
- incongruent
- inconsistent
- irreconcilable
- irregular
- jumbled
- lopsided
- mismatched
- out of keeping
- rambling
- shifting
- twisted
- unavailing
- unbalanced
- unbecoming
- unconnected
- uncoordinated
- uneven
- unintelligible
- unpredictable
- unrelated
- unsuitable
- unsuited
Example Sentences
Some other shots are so incongruous that they’re less like jokes and more like editing mistakes, making the film genuinely difficult to follow at points.
The authors explain that this approach, though seemingly incongruous, is actually quite sensible.
A neighbor who had known De Rothschild for many years told The Times he was surprised by the incongruous findings.
Amid the monstrous heaps of twisted metal, pools of congealed oil and walls pockmarked by shrapnel, one incongruous detail catches my eye.
It was jarring and incongruous, especially because the Burning Man community has long been a source of love, connection and communal effort, particularly within Frothville.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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