Associations to the word «Incongruous»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
INCONGRUOUS, adjective. Not similar or congruent; not matching or fitting in.
INCONGRUOUS, adjective. (math) Of two numbers, with respect to a third, such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder.
Dictionary definition
INCONGRUOUS, adjective. Lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness; "a plan incongruous with reason"; "incongruous behavior"; "a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation".
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.