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harmonious

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har·mo·ni·ous  (här-mn-s)
adj.
1. Exhibiting accord in feeling or action.
2. Having component elements pleasingly or appropriately combined: a harmonious blend of architectural styles.
3. Characterized by harmony of sound; melodious.

har·moni·ous·ly adv.
har·moni·ous·ness n.

harmonious
Adjective
1. (esp. of colours or sounds) consisting of parts which blend together well
2. showing agreement, peacefulness, and friendship: a harmonious relationship
3. tuneful or melodious
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.harmonious - musically pleasing
compatible - able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination; "a compatible married couple"; "her deeds were compatible with her ideology"
inharmonious, unharmonious - not in harmony
2.harmonious - exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities
balanced - being in a state of proper equilibrium; "the carefully balanced seesaw"; "a properly balanced symphony orchestra"; "a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history"; "a balanced blend of whiskeys"; "the educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers"
3.harmoniousharmonious - suitable and fitting; "the tailored clothes were harmonious with her military bearing"
congruent, congruous - corresponding in character or kind
4.harmonious - existing together in harmony; "harmonious family relationships"
compatible - able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination; "a compatible married couple"; "her deeds were compatible with her ideology"

harmonious
adjective 1. friendly, amicable, cordial, sympathetic, compatible, agreeable, in harmony, in unison, fraternal, congenial, in accord, concordant, of one mind, en rapport (French) << OPPOSITE unfriendly
adjective 3. melodious, musical, harmonic, harmonizing, tuneful, concordant, mellifluous, dulcet, sweet-sounding, euphonious, euphonic, symphonious (literary) << OPPOSITE discordant
Translations
harmonious [hɑːˈməunɪəs] adjarmonioso
harmonious [hɑːˈməunɪəs] adjharmonieux/euse
harmonious [hɑːˈməunɪəs] adjharmonisch
harmonious [hɑːˈməunɪəs] adjarmonioso/a


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Don't I feel in my soul that I am part of this vast harmonious whole?
Its discordant clashes sweep upward in one harmonious tone that blends with the music of other worlds--to complete God's orchestra.
The Spencerian stanza, with its rich variety of movement and its harmonious closes, long shut "Childe Harold" from me, and whenever I found a poem in any book which did not rhyme its second line with its first I read it unwillingly or not at all.
 
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