What is another word for misalliance?

Pronunciation: [mɪsɐlˈa͡ɪ͡əns] (IPA)

Misalliance is a term used to describe a mismatch or a failure of a union or partnership. There are several synonyms for misalliance including mismatch, disunity, incompatibility, discord, disharmony, incongruousness, and imbalance. These words convey the same meaning as misalliance, specifically that the partnership is not well-suited or does not work well together. Synonyms like discord and disharmony suggest that there is tension or conflict within the partnership, while words like incompatibility and incongruousness imply that the parties involved have fundamentally different values or beliefs that make them unsuitable for each other. By using synonyms for misalliance, we can better convey the nature of the mismatch or failure of the union.

What are the hypernyms for Misalliance?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • hypernyms for misalliance (as nouns)

What are the hyponyms for Misalliance?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

Usage examples for Misalliance

No doubt a time will come when society, more enlightened, and therefore more reasonable, will acknowledge that noble feelings, honour, and heroism can be found in every condition of life as easily as in a class, the blood of which is not always exempt from the taint of a misalliance.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
And mind you, this is the man who objected to my marrying his daughter on the ground that a marriage between a member of the great and good middle class with one of the vicious and corrupt aristocracy would be a misalliance.
"Misalliance"
George Bernard Shaw
Among the habitual visitors at the house is a gentleman of noble birth, but not of rank too high, nor of fortune too great, to make a marriage with the French widowed governess a misalliance.
"The Parisians, Book 11."
Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Famous quotes with Misalliance

  • As a child growing up in the precincts of wealth, and later as a college student, newspaper reporter and resident of New York's Upper East Side, I got used to listening to the talk of financial killings and sexual misalliance that animates the conversation of the rich and the familiars of the rich.
    Lewis H. Lapham

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