incongruous
adjective
[ ɪnˈkɒŋɡrʊəs ]
• not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something.
• "the duffel coat looked incongruous with the black dress she wore underneath"
Similar:
out of place,
out of keeping,
inappropriate,
unsuitable,
unsuited,
not in harmony,
discordant,
dissonant,
conflicting,
clashing,
jarring,
wrong,
at odds,
in opposition,
contrary,
contradictory,
irreconcilable,
strange,
odd,
absurd,
bizarre,
off-key,
extraneous,
like a fish out of water,
sticking/standing out a mile,
disconsonant,
ill-matched,
ill-assorted,
mismatched,
unharmonious,
inconsistent,
incompatible,
different,
dissimilar,
contrasting,
disparate,
discrepant,
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin incongruus (from in- ‘not’ + congruus ‘agreeing, suitable’, from the verb congruere ) + -ous.
