Hypertext Webster Gateway: "discordant"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Discordant \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.]

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

discordant
adj 1: not in agreement or harmony; "views discordant with
present-day ideas" [ant: {accordant}]
2: lacking in harmony [syn: {disharmonious}, {dissonant}, {inharmonic}]

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