incongruous adj : lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness; "a plan incongruous with reason"; "incongruous behavior"; "a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation" [ant: congruous]

English

Etymology

From incongruus, from in- + lang=la.

Pronunciation

• a RP /ˈɪn.cɒn.gɹʊu.ʌs/ or /ˈɪn.cɒŋ.ɹʊu.ʌs/
• a US /ɪnˈkɑn.gɹu.əs/ or /ɪŋˈkɑŋ.gɹu.əs/

Adjective

1. Not similar or congruent; not matching or fitting in.

   The old camper looked a bit incongruous in an upscale neighborhood, but he enjoyed traveling in it.

Derived terms

• incongruously
• incongruousness

Related terms

• incongruence
• incongruent

Translations

abnormal, absonant, absurd, amusing, anomalous, assorted, at odds, at variance, bad, bizarre, clashing, colliding, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, contrary to reason, contrasted, contrasting, departing, deviating, deviative, different, differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disagreeing, disconsonant, discordant, discrepant, discrete, discriminated, disharmonious, disjoined, disparate, disproportionate, dissimilar, dissonant, distinct, distinguished, divergent, diverging, divers, diverse, diversified, droll, eccentric, fallacious, faulty, flawed, funny, futile, harsh, heterogeneous, hilarious, humorous, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-suited, ill-timed, illogical, impolitic, improper, in disagreement, inaccordant, inadvisable, inappropriate, inapt, inauthentic, incoherent, incommensurable, incommensurate, incompatible, inconclusive, incongruent, inconsequent, inconsequential, inconsistent, inconsonant, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, inharmonious, inopportune, invalid, irrational, irreconcilable, laughable, loose, ludicrous, mal a propos, malapropos, many, motley, multifarious, nonscientific, not following, off-color, off-tone, out of keeping, out of line, out of place, out of proportion, out of step, oxymoronic, paradoxical, paralogical, poles apart, poles asunder, priceless, quaint, quizzical, reasonless, rich, ridiculous, risible, screaming, self-annulling, self-contradictory, self-refuting, senseless, separate, separated, several, unapt, unauthentic, unbecoming, unbefitting, unconformable, unconnected, undesirable, unequal, unfit, unfitting, unfortunate, unhappy, unlike, unmeet, unphilosophical, unprofitable, unreasonable, unscientific, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely, unwise, variant, varied, variegated, various, varying, whimsical, widely apart, without reason, witty, worlds apart, wrong