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Discord Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Discord? [n] strife resulting from a lack of agreement [n] a harsh mixture of sounds [n] disagreement among those expected to cooperate [n] lack of agreement or harmony [v] be different from one another Synonyms \| Synonyms for Discord: disaccord \| disagree \| discordance \| discordance \| dissension \| strife Related Terms \| Find terms related to Discord: animosity \| antagonism \| antipathy \| argumentation \| bedlam \| Bedlam let loose \| blast \| bobbery \| brawl \| brouhaha \| cacophony \| charivari \| chirm \| clamor \| clangor \| clap \| clash \| clashing \| clatter \| coarseness \| collision \| commotion \| conflict \| contention \| contradiction \| controversy \| cracked voice \| difference \| din \| disaccord \| disaccordance \| disaffinity \| disagree \| disagreement \| discordance \| discordancy \| Discordia \| discrepancy \| disharmony \| disparity \| dissension \| dissent \| dissidence \| dissonance \| disunion \| disunity \| divergence \| diversity \| divide \| division \| donnybrook \| drunken brawl \| dryness \| dustup \| enmity \| Eris \| faction \| flap \| fracas \| free-for-all \| friction \| gruffness \| gutturalism \| gutturality \| gutturalness \| harshness \| hell broke loose \| hoarseness \| hostility \| howl \| hubbub \| hue and cry \| hullabaloo \| huskiness \| inaccordance \| incompatibility \| incompatibleness \| incongruity \| inconsistency \| inconsonance \| inequality \| inharmoniousness \| inharmony \| jangle \| jar \| jarring \| loud noise \| mischief \| mismatch \| negation \| noise \| noise and shouting \| noncooperation \| open conflict \| opposition \| oppugnancy \| outcry \| pandemonium \| polarization \| racket \| rancor \| raspiness \| rattle \| raucity \| repugnance \| rhubarb \| roar \| roughness \| row \| rub \| ruckus \| ruction \| rudeness \| rumble \| rumpus \| scrapiness \| scratchiness \| shindy \| shivaree \| stertorousness \| strained relations \| strife \| tension \| thickness \| throatiness \| thunder \| thunderclap \| tintamarre \| tumult \| ugliness \| uncongeniality \| unharmoniousness \| unpleasantness \| uproar \| variance \| vary See Also \| be \| confrontation \| disagreement \| disorder \| dissonance \| division \| strife \| variance Discord In Webster's Dictionary \Dis"cord`\, n. [OE. discord, descord, OF. discorde, descorde, F. discorde, from L. discordia, fr. discors, -cordis, discordant, disagreeable; dis- + cor, cordis, heart; cf. F. discord, n., and OF. descorder, discorder, F. discorder, to discord, L. discordare, from discors. See {Heart}, and cf. {Discord}, v. i.] 1. 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. A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. --Prov. vi. 19. Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire. --Burke. 2. (Mus.) 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. For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds m???ing. --Bacon. {Apple of discord}. See under {Apple}. Syn: Variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing; dissension; contention; strife; disagreement; dissonance. \Dis*cord"\, v. i. [OE. discorden, descorden, from the French. See {Discord}, n.] To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit. [Obs.] The one discording with the other. --Bacon.

Discord Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Discord?

[n] strife resulting from a lack of agreement
[n] a harsh mixture of sounds
[n] disagreement among those expected to cooperate
[n] lack of agreement or harmony
[v] be different from one another

Discord In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis"cord`\, n. [OE. discord, descord, OF. discorde,
descorde, F. discorde, from L. discordia, fr. discors,
-cordis, discordant, disagreeable; dis- + cor, cordis, heart;
cf. F. discord, n., and OF. descorder, discorder, F.
discorder, to discord, L. discordare, from discors. See
{Heart}, and cf. {Discord}, v. i.]
1. 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.

         A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that
         soweth discord among brethren.        --Prov. vi.
                                               19.

         Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in
         all parts of the empire.              --Burke.

2. (Mus.) 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.

         For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers
         sounds m???ing.                       --Bacon.

{Apple of discord}. See under {Apple}.

Syn: Variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing;
     dissension; contention; strife; disagreement;
     dissonance.


\Dis*cord"\, v. i. [OE. discorden, descorden, from the
French. See {Discord}, n.]
To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit.
[Obs.]

      The one discording with the other.       --Bacon.

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