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dis·cor·dant

(dĭ-skôr′dnt)

adj.

1. Not being in accord; conflicting.

2. Disagreeable in sound; harsh or dissonant.

dis·cor′dan·cy n.

dis·cor′dant·ly adv.

discordant

(dɪsˈkɔːdənt)

adj

1. at variance; disagreeing

2. harsh in sound; inharmonious

disˈcordantly adv

dis•cord•ant

(dɪsˈkɔr dnt)

adj.

1. being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous.

2. disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.

[1250–1300; Middle English discordaunt < Anglo-French < Latin]

dis•cord′ant•ly, adv.

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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

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.

discordant

adjective

1. Devoid of harmony and accord:

inconsonant, inharmonious, uncongenial, unharmonious.

2. Made up of parts or qualities that are disparate or otherwise markedly lacking in consistency:

discrepant, dissonant, incompatible, incongruent, incongruous, inconsistent.

3. Characterized by unpleasant discordance of sound:

cacophonous, disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic, inharmonious, rude, unharmonious, unmusical.

Translations

disonančnínesouhlasnýv neshodě

uharmonisk

uneinig

epäsointuinenriitasointuinen

discordant discorder dissonant

disszonánsdiszharmonikus

ósamstæîur; ósamhljóîa

discordante dissonante

diskordant uharmonisk

disonantnýnezhodný

ahenksizuyumsuz

不调和的

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

discord

(ˈdiskoːd) noun

1. disagreement or quarrelling.

2. in music, a group of notes played together which give a jarring sound.

disˈcordant adjective

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