Meaning of DISCORD
| Pronunciation: | | [n]'diskord, [v]dis'kord, 'dis`kord
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- [n] strife resulting from a lack of agreement
- [n] a harsh mixture of sounds
- [n] disagreement among those expected to cooperate
- [n] lack of agreement or harmony
- [v] be different from one another
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| | Synonyms: | | disaccord, disagree, discordance, discordance, dissension, strife |
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| | Antonyms: | | agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally | | |
| | See Also: | | be, confrontation, disagreement, disorder, dissonance, division, strife, variance | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Dis"cord`\, n. [OE. discord, descord, OF. discorde,
descorde, F. discorde, from L. discordia, fr. discors,
-cordis, discordant, disagreeable; dis- + cor, cordis, heart;
cf. F. discord, n., and OF. descorder, discorder, F.
discorder, to discord, L. discordare, from discors. See
{Heart}, and cf. {Discord}, v. i.]
1. Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony
in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and
strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things,
and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes.
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that
soweth discord among brethren. --Prov. vi.
19.
Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in
all parts of the empire. --Burke.
2. (Mus.) Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear
harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability
of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical
concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a
concord.
For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers
sounds m???ing. --Bacon.
{Apple of discord}. See under {Apple}.
Syn: Variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing;
dissension; contention; strife; disagreement;
dissonance.
\Dis*cord"\, v. i. [OE. discorden, descorden, from the
French. See {Discord}, n.]
To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit.
[Obs.]
The one discording with the other. --Bacon.
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