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Definition: Incongruity |
IncongruityNoun1. The quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "incongruity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Synonym: IncongruitySynonym: incongruousness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: congruity (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disagreement | Noun: disagreement; discord, discordance; dissonance, dissidence, discrepancy; unconformity; incongruity, incongruence; discongruity, mesalliance; jarring; Verb: dissension; conflict; (opposition); bickering, clashing, misunderstanding, wrangle. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Incongruity |
| English words defined with "incongruity": assorted ♦ Discongruity, Disconvenience ♦ humor, humour ♦ Imparity, Incongruence, Incongruities, ironic, ironical, irony ♦ miscellaneous, mixed, motley ♦ sundry ♦ Unconformity ♦ wit, witticism, wittiness. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "incongruity": Pretty ♦ Very. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "incongruity": Disconvenience, Disharmony. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Mount Erebus sheathed in a white mantle - the incongruity of fire and ice.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
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William Hazlitt | Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity. |
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| "Incongruity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Incongruity" is used about 71 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 71 | 39,674 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "incongruity": stylistic incongruity. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
incongruity | 14 |
incongruity theory | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "incongruity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mospajtim (contradiction, difference, disagreement, discrepancy, disparity, dissent, dissidence, dissonance, disunion, non-compliance), mospërshtatje (maladjustment, misfit), mospërputhje (clash, discrepancy, gap, inconsistency, variance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تنافر (antagonism, contention, disaccord, discord, disharmony, dissonance, inconsistency, jar, repulsion), تعارض (clash, collide, collision, conflict, contradict, disagree, disagreement, discrepancy, fly in the face of, interfere, repugnance, run against smth.). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | несъвместимост (negation, repugnance), несъответствие (disagreement, discordance, discrepancy, disparity, dissonance, gap, inadequacy, inappropriateness, inaptitude, inconformity, nonconformity, unconformity), неуместност (impertinence, impropriety, inappropriateness, ineptitude, ineptness, inexpedience, inexpediency, infelicity, irrelevance), нелепост (absurdity, fatuity, fatuousness, inanity, ineptitude, nonsense), противоречие (antilogy, clash, conflict, contradiction, contrariety, discrepancy, repugnance), противоположност (contradistinction, contrast, inverse, obverse, opposite, opposition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 不调' (Incongruities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rozpornost, nevhodnost (impolicy, impropriety, inadvisability, inapplicability, inappropriateness, inaptitude, inexpediency, untimeliness), nemístnost. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ناسازگاری (Antipathy, Aversion, Conflict, Discord, Incoherence, Incompatibility, Inconsistency, Inconvenience, Intransigeance, Repugnance, Variance), عدم تجانس (Disproportion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | incongruité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Nichtübereinstimmungen (incongruities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ασυναρτησία (bull, discursiveness, double talk, incoherence, incoherent), δυσαρμονία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | képtelenség (absurdity, bushwa, impossibility, inability, incapacitation, ineptitude, nonsense, ridiculousness, rubbish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | incongruenza. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 不調' (discord). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ふちょうわ (discord). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | neuyeshid (awkwardness, improperness, impropriety, incorrectness, inelegance), neuchooieid (awkwardness, incompetency, inconvenience, unfitness), meereggyraght (disparity, irresponsibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | uoverensstemmelse (disagreement, discrepancy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | incongruityay incongruência (inconsequence), incompatibilidade (contradiction, incompatibility, incompatible, inconsistency, infertility, repugnance), com pouco equilíbrio. (various references) incompatibilitate (conflict, incompatibility, repugnance), nepotrivire (contradiction, contrast, disagreement, discrepancy, dissimilarity, inadequacy, jar, misfit), lipsã de potrivire, distonanţã (disagreement). (various references) несоответствие (disagreement, discomformity, disconformity, discrepancy, disharmony, disparity, inapplicability, inaptitude, ineptitude, unconformity, variance). (various references) nepodudarnost, nekongruencija. (various references) incongruidad. (various references) inkongruens, orimlighet (absurdity, absurdness, bull, exorbitance, exorbitancy), olämplighet (impropriety, inadaptability, inadequacy, inapplicability, inaptitude, ineligibility, ineptitude, inexpediency, unsuitability), oförenlighet (discord, discordance, discrepancy, incompatibility, inconsistency), motsägelse (antilogy, contradiction, cotradiction, discrepancy, inconsistency, repugnance), bristande överensstämmelse (disagreement, inconsistency), absurditet (absurdity, absurdness). (various references) yersizlik (indecency, ineptitude, ineptness, inexpediency, infelicity), uyuşmazlık (clash, contrariety, disaccord, disagreeableness, disagreement, discrepancy, disunity, divergence, divergency, division, incompatiblity, intransigence, rupture, variable), faklılık, bağdaşmama (inconsistency, nonconformity), aykırılık (anomaly, contradiction, contradistinction, contrariety, cross-purposes, discrepancy, inconsistency, irregularity, repugnance, solecism). (various references) невідповідність (contradiction, disaccord, discordance, discrepancy, disharmony, disparity, imbalance, maladjustment, non-compliance, nonconformity, overproportion, unconformity), недоречність (impertinence, impropriety, inaptitude, ineptitude, irrelevance, unfitness). (various references) điều phi lý (tosh). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Incongruity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: incingruity, incongruenty, incongruit, incongruite, incongruiy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "incongruity" (pronounced i'ngkôngruw"utē) |
| 5 | -r uw" u t ē | congruity. |
| 4 | -uw" u t ē | acuity, ambiguity, annuity, continuity, discontinuity, gratuity, ingenuity, perpetuity, promiscuity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, connectivity, constitutionality, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-i-i-n-n-o-r-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: congruity, outcrying, trouncing. | |
-3 letters: counting, courting, ignitron, noticing, untiring. | |
-4 letters: coining, corning, country, grunion, ignitor, inuring, ironing, nicotin, nocturn, noritic, outgrin, outring, rioting, routing, ruction, ruining, touring, tricing, trining, trucing, turning, tyronic, unction, unicorn, uniting, untying. | |
-5 letters: citing, citrin, citron, congii, coning, coring, cortin, coting, county, coying, crying, curing, grouty, incony, intron, inturn, ironic, nitric, noting, nuncio, origin, outcry, outing, ricing, tining, tiring, toning, toying, trigon, truing, trying, tuning, turnon, tyning, tyring, uncini, ungirt, untorn, yogini, yogurt. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-g-i-i-n-n-o-r-t-u-y" | |
+5 letters: hyperfunctioning. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 63 6F 6E 67 72 75 69 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -. -.-. --- -. --. .-. ..- .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01100011 01101111 01101110 01100111 01110010 01110101 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n c o n g r u i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0063 006F 006E 0067 0072 0075 0069 0074 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4380698180738487758691 |
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