discordant (redirected from struck a discordant note)

dis·cor·dant  (d-skôrdnt)

adj.

1. Not being in accord; conflicting.

2. Disagreeable in sound; harsh or dissonant.

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dis·cordan·cy n.

dis·cordant·ly adv.

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discordant [dɪsˈkɔːd^ənt]

adj

1. at variance; disagreeing

2. harsh in sound; inharmonious

discordantly  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	discordant - not in agreement or harmony; "views discordant with present-day ideas" accordant - being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with'; "a place perfectly accordant with man's nature"-Thomas Hardy
	2.	discordant - lacking in harmony disharmonious, inharmonic, dissonant inharmonious, unharmonious - not in harmony

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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 [dɪsˈkɔːdənt] ADJ [ideas, opinions] → discorde, opuesto; [sound] → disonante

discordant [dɪsˈkɔː^rd^ənt] 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