Meaning of DISCORDANT
| Pronunciation: | | dis'kordnt
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- [adj] not in agreement or harmony; "views discordant with present-day ideas"
- [adj] lacking in harmony
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| | Synonyms: | | at variance(p), discrepant, disharmonious, dissentious, dissonant, divisive, factious, inharmonic, inharmonious, unharmonious |
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| | Antonyms: | | accordant | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dis*cord"ant\, a. [OE. discordant, descordaunt, OF.
descordant, discordant, F. discordant, p. pr. of discorder,
OF. also, descorder. See {Discord}, n.]
1. Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing;
opposing; not harmonious.
The discordant elements out of which the emperor had
compounded his realm did not coalesce. --Motley.
2. [See {Discord}, n.,
2. ] (Mus.) Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord;
harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds.
For still their music seemed to start Discordant
echoes in each heart. --Longfellow.
3. (Geol.) Said of strata which lack conformity in direction
of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by
a fault.
Syn: Disagreeing; incongruous; contradictory; repugnant;
opposite; contrary; inconsistent; dissonant; harsh;
jarring; irreconcilable. -- {Dis*cord"ant*ly}, adv. --
{Dis*cord"ant*ness}, n. [R.]
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