discordant

CEFRB2

/dɪsˈkɔːdn̩t/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Not matching or sounding pleasant together.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Not in accord or harmony; conflicting, incompatible.

Examples

  • Every chord, every harmony, every discordant note fills me with immense joy.

  • The orchestra makes discordant noises when tuning up.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /dɪsˈkoɹdənt/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Of people: disagreeing with each other; dissenting, quarrelsome.

  2. Of a rock formation or other land feature, or its alignment: cutting across or transverse to neighbouring features.

  3. Of sounds: harsh, jarring; specifically (music), of musical notes or tunes: not in harmony; dissonant, inharmonious.

More examples

In context

  • Dikes may be discordant to country rock if they intrude at a high angle to the bedding.

  • [T]hat vvhich vve call Conſcience is to be referred, namely, if by a due compariſon of things done vvith the rule, there be a conſonancy follovvs the ſentence Approbation; if diſcordant from it, the ſentence of Condemnation.

  • VVar, vvith diſcordant Notes and jarring Noiſe, / The Harmony of Peace deſtroys.

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Origin

adjective

From Late Middle English discordaunt (“(adjective) not in accord or harmony; dissonant; (noun) element not in accord or harmony”), from Anglo-Norman descorda(u)nt, discorda(u)nt, Middle French descordant, discordant, and Old French descordant, discordant (“of people: quarrelsome; of things: in disagreement, at variance”) (modern French discordant), an adjective use of the present participle of descorder, discorder (“to fail to agree or harmonize, clash, disagree, discord”), from Latin discordāre, the present active infinitive of discordō (“to disagree, quarrel with”), from discors (“discordant, different, inharmonious”) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). Discors is deriv...