Discord

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things.
  • n. Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
  • n. A confused or harsh sound or mingling of sounds.
  • n. Music An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
  • verb-intransitive. To fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Lack of concord, agreement or harmony among persons, groups, or things.
  • n. Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
  • n. An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
  • n. Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.
  • v. To disagree; to be at variance; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes.
  • n. Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord.
  • verb-intransitive. To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Want of concord or harmony between persons or things; disagreement of relations; especially, as applied to persons, difference of opinions; variance; opposition; contention; strife; any disagreement which produces passion, contest, disputes, litigation, or war.
  • n. In music: The combination of two tones that are inharmonious with each other, or inconclusive in combined effect; a dissonance.
  • n. The interval between two such tones; any interval not a unison, octave, perfect fifth, perfect fourth, major or minor third, or major or minor sixth. In medieval music all but the first three of the above intervals were at first regarded as discords.
  • n. Either of the two tones forming such an interval.
  • n. A chord containing such intervals.See dissonance.
  • n. Henceā€”3. Any confused noise; a mingling or clashing of sounds; a harsh clang or uproar.
  • To disagree; jar; clash.
  • To be discordant or dissonant.
  • n.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. be different from one another
  • n. a harsh mixture of sounds
  • n. strife resulting from a lack of agreement
  • n. lack of agreement or harmony
  • n. disagreement among those expected to cooperate
  • Verb Form
    discorded    discording    discords   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    be    dissonance    strife    disorder   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dissension    strife    discontent    tumult    jealousy    anarchy    enmity    bloodshed    disagreement    sedition