discordant

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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.

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discordant

(dɪsˈkɔːdənt)

adj

1. at variance; disagreeing

2. harsh in sound; inharmonious

disˈcordantly adv

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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.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

discordant

[dɪsˈkɔː^rd^ənt] adj

[groups, opinions] → discordant(e), dissonant(e)
to strike a discordant note (= seem out of place) → détonner

(MUSIC) → dissonant(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

discordant

adj opinions, colours → nicht miteinander harmonierend; sound → misstönend; meeting, atmosphere → unharmonisch; (Mus) → disharmonisch; to strike a discordant note (fig) → einen falschen Ton anschlagen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

discordant

[dɪsˈkɔːd/ənt] adj (gen) → discordante; (sound) → dissonante, stonato/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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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"Who is that overgrown pirate with the whiskers and the discordant voice?"

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Up from the little open space in front of the King's dwelling-house leaped a hissing bright flame; they had kindled a fire, and black forms of men, stark naked and wounding themselves with spears, danced around it and made the air hideous with discordant cries.

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He waited without, until the sound of their voices, joined in a discordant song, assured him they were making merry; and then approaching the door, by means of a tottering plank which crossed the ditch in front, knocked at it with his hand.

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Each new step we take in thought reconciles twenty seemingly discordant facts, as expressions of one law.

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The voices of Edna's disbanding guests jarred like a discordant note upon the quiet harmony of the night.