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discordant

[ dis-kawr-dnt ]

adjective

  1. being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous:

    discordant opinions.

  2. disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
  3. Geology. (of strata) structurally unconformable.


discordant

/ »åɪ²õˈ°ìɔ˻åÉ™²Ô³Ù /

adjective

  1. at variance; disagreeing
  2. harsh in sound; inharmonious
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • »å¾±²õˈ³¦´Ç°ù»å²¹²Ô³Ù±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å¾±²õ·³¦´Ç°ù»åa²Ô³Ù·±ô²â adverb
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôd¾±²õ·³¦´Ç°ù»åa²Ô³Ù adjective
  • ³Ü²Ôd¾±²õ·³¦´Ç°ù»åa²Ô³Ù adjective
  • un»å¾±²õ·³¦´Ç°ù»åa²Ô³Ù·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of discordant1

1250–1300; Middle English discordaunt < Anglo-French < Latin discordant- (stem of »å¾±²õ³¦´Ç°ù»åÄå²Ô²õ ), present participle of »å¾±²õ³¦´Ç°ù»åÄå°ù±ð. See discord, -ant
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Over a pleasantly discordant score of dreamy electronic chords and twanging banjos, Matthew finds pencil marks charting his growth as a child while these parents fuss over their own new baby.

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The inauguration falling on Martin Luther King Day was a cruel irony, a discordant note struck on a day meant to honor justice, equality, and freedom.

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And back as the stadium-filling rock legends that we know them to be, as opposed to the enthusiastic, discordant high school band they have looked like for so much of the season.

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"For him to then spend most of the spring and the early summer basically talking about how he's the most successful economic president in modern history, it was just so discordant," he said.

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The only discordant note is a random insert when Samuel spies on Romy through her office window.

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