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quavering, trilling, warbling; agreeable, appealing, pleasant; cadenced, lyric, lyrical, rhythmic; harmonic, orchestral, polyphonic, tonal

Antonyms

discordant, dissonant, inharmonious, unmelodious, unmusical

[2] balanced, congruous, consonant; also even, proportioned, regular, symmetrical; aesthetic, artistic, becoming, elegant, graceful, tasteful; agreeable, felicitous, pleasant, pleasing, satisfying; compatible, coordinated, correspondent, matched, matching

Antonyms

incongruous, inharmonious, unbalanced

[3] agreeable, amicable, compatible, congenial, kindred, unanimous, united; also pacific, peaceable, peaceful; collaborating, cooperative, symbiotic; noncompeting, noncompetitive, nonconflicting; sympathetic, tolerant, understanding; affable, amiable, cordial, friendly, genial, neighborly; collaborating

Antonyms

disagreeable, disunited, incompatible, inharmonious, uncongenial

har·mo·nise British variant of HARMONIZE

har·mo·ni·um noun : a keyboard wind instrument in which the wind acts on a set of metal reeds

har·mo·nize verb -nized; -niz·ing 1 : to play or sing in harmony

2 : to be in harmony

3 : to bring into consonance or accord

— har·mo·ni·za·tion noun

Synonyms

[2, 3] agree, blend, conform, coordinate; also balance, correlate, correspond, dovetail, match; meet, parallel; bond, coalesce, cohere, conjoin, fuse, merge, square, tally

Antonyms

clash, collide, conflict

[3] accommodate, conciliate, conform, coordinate, key, reconcile; also adapt, attune, tune; blend, combine, connect, correlate, dovetail, fit, fuse, integrate, join, match, merge, orchestrate, pair, square, suit, synchronize, synthesize, unify, unite; align, arrange, array, balance, equalize, even, order, proportion, regularize, standardize

Antonyms

alienate, disjoin

har·mo·ny noun, plural -nies [ORIGIN: ME armony, fr. AF armonie, fr. L harmonia, fr. Gk, joint, harmony, fr. harmos joint]

1 : musical agreement of sounds; especially : the combination of tones into chords and progressions of chords

2 a : a pleasing arrangement of parts

b : balanced interrelationship

3 : internal calm

Synonyms

[2a] balance, coherence, consonance, proportion, symmetry, symphony, unity; also coordination, correlation, correspondence, equalization, equilibrium, evenness, order, orderliness, regularity, uniformity

Antonyms

asymmetry, disproportion, disunity, imbalance, incoherence

[2b] compatibility, concord, peace; also amity, congeniality, fellowship, fraternization, friendship; collaboration, reciprocity, symbiosis; consensus, unanimity, unity; affinity, connection, empathy, kinship, oneness, rapport, solidarity, sympathy, understanding; serenity, tranquillity

Antonyms

conflict, discord, dissension

1harness noun 1 : the gear other than a yoke of a draft animal

2 : something that resembles a harness

2harness verb 1 : to put a harness on; also : YOKE

2 : to make use of : UTILIZE

Synonyms

apply, employ, exercise, exploit, operate, use, utilize—more at USE

1harp noun : a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame set with strings plucked by the fingers

— harp·ist noun

2harp verb 1 : to play on a harp

2 : to dwell on a subject tiresomely

— harp·er noun

1harpoon noun : a barbed spear used esp. in hunting whales

2harpoon verb : to strike or capture with or as if with a harpoon

— har·poon·er noun

Synonyms

gore, impale, lance, pierce, puncture, skewer, spear, spike, stab, stick, transfix—more at IMPALE

harp·si·chord noun : a keyboard instrument producing tones by the plucking of its strings with quills or with leather or plastic points

har·py noun, plural harpies [ORIGIN: L Harpyia, a mythical predatory monster having a woman's head and a bird's body, fr. Gk]

1 : a predatory person : LEECH

2 : a shrewish woman

Synonyms

fury, shrew, termagant, virago—more at SHREW

har·ri·dan noun : SHREW 2

1harrier noun 1 : any of a breed of medium-sized foxhounds

2 : a runner on a cross-country team

2harrier noun : a slender long-legged hawk

1harrow noun : a cultivating