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discordant [dɪsˈkɔːdənt] adj
1. at variance; disagreeing 2. harsh in sound; inharmonious discordantly adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
discordant adjective 1. disagreeing, conflicting, clashing, different, opposite, contrary, at odds, contradictory, inconsistent, incompatible, incongruous, divergent He displays attitudes and conduct discordant with his culture. 2. harsh, jarring, grating, strident, shrill, jangling, dissonant, cacophonous, inharmonious, unmelodious They produced a discordant sound. Translations discordant [dɪsˈkɔːrdənt] adj [groups, opinions] → discordant(e), dissonant(e) to strike a discordant note (= seem out of place) → détonner (MUSIC) → dissonant(e) discordant adj opinions, colours → nicht miteinander harmonierend; sound → misstönend; meeting, atmosphere → unharmonisch; (Mus) → disharmonisch; to strike a discordant note (fig) → einen falschen Ton anschlagen discordant [dɪsˈkɔːd/ənt] adj (gen) → discordante; (sound) → dissonante, stonato/a discordant [dɪsˈkɔːd/ənt] adj (gen) → discordante; (sound) → dissonante, stonato/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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There is no longer the measured quiet sound of throbbing activity, like the sound of boiling water, but diverse discordant sounds of disorder. Sikes struck, by way of Chiswell Street, into Barbican: thence into Long Lane, and so into Smithfield; from which latter place arose a tumult of discordant sounds that filled Oliver Twist with amazement. If, on the other hand, they find us either destitute of an effectual government (each State doing right or wrong, as to its rulers may seem convenient), or split into three or four independent and probably discordant republics or confederacies, one inclining to Britain, another to France, and a third to Spain, and perhaps played off against each other by the three, what a poor, pitiful figure will America make in their eyes |
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