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discordant Definition

dis·cord·ant (dis kôrd'nt)

adjective

  1. not in accord; disagreeing; conflicting
  2. not in harmony; dissonant; clashing

Etymology: ME discordaunt < OFr descordant, prp. of descorder: see discord

discordant Related Forms

dis·cord·ance noun or dis·cord·ancy dis·cord·antly adverb

discordant Synonyms

discordant

modif.

  1. Inharmonious

    grating, dissonant, cacophonous; see harsh 1.

  2. Disagreeing

    clashing, at odds, incompatible; see conflicting, different 1, incongruous, quarreling.

discordant Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • note: No discordant note is heard in this Temple of the Pure.
  • guitar: Double A - side ' Life Without Balloons ' , whilst sounding completely different to begin with soon branches out into discordant guitars.
  • noise: Swinging from moments of discordant noise to beautiful harmonies, sometimes in the same song.
  • voice: Of course, there have been some discordant voices.
  • pair: Matching yielded 27 discordant pairs, giving an Odds Ratio of 2.86 ( for ELF electric fields ).
  • sound: Then I was struck with the discordant sound Of human voices there, Which seemed to me like wild geese Cackling in the air.

Modifying Another Word

  • slightly: But it would be inappropriate to end on even a slightly discordant note.
  • so: Can a man consent to place the object of his affection in a situation so discordant, probably, to her tastes and inclinations?
  • seemingly: This one wove seemingly discordant notes into a totally original tune.
  • sometimes: It delves into the dark underbelly of human relationships to expose the sometimes harmonious, sometimes discordant emotions that affect us all.
  • seriously: He discards whatever is most seriously discordant with the bulk of the available statements.
  • often: The music that Carl Davies has written is complex, often discordant but the group took it on with ease.

Used with adjective complement

sound: Like music, what will suit the voice of one person will sound discordant from another.