incongruous UK /ɪnˈkɒn.ɡɹʊu.ʌs/US /ɪnˈkɑn.ɡɹu.əs/ adjective2 •Not similar or congruent; not matching or fitting in.[P]erhaps he thought me, with my basket of summer fruit, and my lack of the dignity age confers, an incongruous figure in such a scene. — 1853 •Of two numbers, with respect to a third, such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder.20 and 25 are incongruous with respect to 4. formsmore incongruous · most incongruous