About The Word Discord
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Discord
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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. |
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