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- DictionaryDis·cord·ant/ˌdiˈskôrdənt/
adjective
- 1. disagreeing or incongruous: "the principle of meritocracy is discordant with claims of inherited worth"
- 2. (of sounds) harsh and jarring because of a lack of harmony: "bombs, guns, and engines mingled in discordant sound"
The meaning of DISCORDANT is being at variance : disagreeing. How to use discordant in a sentence. Did you know?
Discordant definition: being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous. See examples of DISCORDANT used in a sentence.
DISCORDANT definition: 1. producing an unpleasant sound 2. used to describe something that is not in agreement with…. Learn more.
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:
So discordant describes experiencing discord, a lack of harmony. A discordant conversation at your dinner table may make some people upset — they want everyone to get along. Discordant can also describe harsh and unpleasant sounds, like the blaring horns in city traffic.
(geology) Of a differing type of rock cutting across a formation. Dikes may be discordant to country rock if they intrude at a high angle to the bedding. Wiktionary. Synonyms: unmusical. unharmonious. rude. inharmonious. inharmonic. dissonant. disharmonious. cacophonous. untenable. heterogeneous. harsh. contrary. contradictory. at variance. ajar.
Synonyms for DISCORDANT: shrill, dissonant, noisy, inharmonious, cacophonous, metallic, unpleasant, unmusical; Antonyms of DISCORDANT: musical, harmonious, melodious, melodic, sweet, harmonizing, resonant, tuneful.
Something that is discordant is strange or unpleasant because it does not fit in with other things.
There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the word discordant. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
discordant. [usually before noun] (formal) not in agreement; combining with other things in a way that is strange or unpleasant. The functional modernity of the computer struck a discordant note amid the elegant eighteenth-century furniture.
