at variance; disagreeing harsh in sound; inharmonious
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dis•cord•ant
(dis kôr′dnt),USA pronunciation adj.
dis•cord′ant•ly, adv.
- being at variance;
disagreeing;
incongruous:discordant opinions. - disagreeable to the ear;
dissonant;
harsh. - [Geol.](of strata) structurally unconformable.
- Latin discordant- (stem of discordāns), present participle of discordāre. See discord, -ant
- Anglo-French
- Middle English discordaunt 1250–1300
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'discordant' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
absonant
- atonalism
- barbarous
- blow
- cacophonous
- cacophony
- charivari
- din
- discord
- discordance
- discrepant
- disharmonic
- disharmonious
- disharmony
- dissonance
- dissonant
- grating
- harmonious
- harsh
- incompatible
- incongruous
- inconsonant
- inharmonious
- jangle
- jar
- nightjar
- noise
- off key
- pure
- shivaree
- sound
- squawky
- tuneful
- wolf