1. lack of harmony; disagreement or conflict between people or things
2. lack of musical harmony; unpleasant combination of sounds
Usage: musical

Examples

• The disharmony between the two departments affected the entire company.
• Family disharmony increased after the inheritance dispute began.
• The orchestra’s disharmony was evident during the difficult passage.
• Political disharmony has grown in recent years.
• The disharmony in their marriage was becoming obvious to friends.
• The composer intentionally used disharmony to create tension in the piece.