Antonyms for harmonize


Grammar : Verb
Spell : hahr-muh-nahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑr məˌnaɪz


Definition of harmonize

Origin :
  • late 15c., "play or sing in harmony," from French harmoniser (15c.), from Old French harmonie (see harmony). Meaning "be in harmony" is from 1620s; that of "bring into agreement" is from 1727. Related: Harmonized; harmonizing.
  • verb correspond, match
Example sentences :
  • It will harmonize and felicitate to whatever extent it is diffused.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • If we attempted to harmonize or to combine them, we should make out of them, not a system, but the caricature of a system.
  • Extract from : « Meno » by Plato
  • It is difficult to harmonize all these conflicting elements.
  • Extract from : « Charmides » by Plato
  • There was little in the city we now lived in to harmonize with "romance."
  • Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
  • Nor could Maimon harmonize these new doctrines with his Maimonides or his Aristotle.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • Its action will harmonize with such stimulants as are necessary to take.
  • Extract from : « The American Missionary -- Volume 38, No. 01, January, 1884 » by Various
  • The effect of these stretches is to harmonize the vital forces.
  • Extract from : « How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions » by S. S. Curry
  • Politics is thus made to harmonize and be at one with progress.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 » by Various
  • The octagonal story does not harmonize with the lower portion.
  • Extract from : « Ely Cathedral » by Anonymous
  • Billy's flute and the melodeon did not harmonize as the melodeon had only three notes left in it.
  • Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field

Synonyms for harmonize

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