# What's the word for ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 25, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-for/672203 "2013-10-25T13:15:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-for/672203/1 "2013-10-25T13:15:33Z")
i am drawing a blank on this one. what’s the word to describe something that feels off? where you have a situation with something out of place that you just can’t quite put a finger on? i remember it’s dis\_\_\_\_\_ but i may be way off. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-for/672203/2 "2013-10-25T13:21:42Z")
Discordant? ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-for/672203/3 "2013-10-25T13:21:47Z")
[Disconcerting?](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/disconcerting) ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-for/672203/4 "2013-10-25T13:22:55Z")
Discombobulated? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-for/672203/5 "2013-10-25T13:25:11Z")
Amiss? A tad askew? Uncromulent? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-for/672203/6 "2013-10-25T13:26:09Z")
Disjointed? ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-for/672203/7 "2013-10-25T13:44:56Z")
dissonance! i was thinking of dissonance. hmm, was i using the word wrong? ---
**Author:** ![RememberMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@RememberMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RememberMe)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-for/672203/8 "2013-10-25T19:00:04Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > dissonance! i was thinking of dissonance. hmm, was i using the word wrong? …Dictionary? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-for/672203/9 "2013-10-25T19:05:17Z")
Dissonance: lack of harmony among musical notes; (less exactly) any conflict or incongruity. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-for/672203/10 "2013-10-25T19:09:55Z")
disquiet ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-for/672203/11 "2013-10-25T19:11:51Z")
Sometimes people talk of cognitive dissonance, the discomfort of trying to hold two conflicting ideas in your head together. I use it when something just doesn’t sit right in my brain- like looking at a photo with a weird perspective that makes it hard to parse what I’m seeing. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-for/672203/12 "2013-10-25T23:30:06Z")
Disiswhatimtalkinabout? ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_York](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_York](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_York)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-for/672203/13 "2013-10-25T23:43:00Z")
Dodgy? As in, " He looked a bit dodgy to me". ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-for/672203/14 "2013-10-26T04:17:49Z")
[Uncanny?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny) ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-for/672203/15 "2013-10-26T05:52:23Z")
Dis shit ain’t right. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-for/672203/16 "2013-10-26T13:40:29Z")
Disturbing? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-for/672203/17 "2013-10-26T14:59:25Z")
[hinkey](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hinkey) ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-for/672203/18 "2013-10-27T00:39:04Z")
Seems a good opportunity to link to this excellent site: [http://www.wordsforthat.com/](http://www.wordsforthat.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-for/672203/19 "2013-10-27T00:40:35Z")
Dysphoria. ---
**Author:** ![yawuntz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-word-for/672203/20 "2013-10-27T00:46:29Z")
It’s _desafinado_.