Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord.

    Uneinigkeit, Streit

    разногла́сиеraznoglásije, разла́дrazlád, несогла́сиеnesoglásije

    lack of agreement or harmony

  2. (countable, uncountable)Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.

    Zwietracht

    раздо́рrazdór, розньroznʹ, нелады́neladý

    strife resulting from a lack of agreement

  3. (countable, uncountable)Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.

    Missklang, Lärm

    a harsh mixture of sounds

  4. (countable, uncountable)An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.

    Dissonanz, Kakophonie

    диссона́нсdissonáns

Examples

24 sentences
  1. He sows discord by raising controversial subjects.

    ruОн сеет раздоры, поднимая спорные темы.

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  2. Their knack for discord is quite impressive.

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  3. This cycle of suspicion and discord must end.

    ruЭтот порочный круг подозрений и разногласий должен быть разорван.

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  4. His speciality is sowing the seeds of discord.

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  5. We wish for fraternity to prevail over discord.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord:
tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension:
music: an inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord:
tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension:
any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds:
music: an inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance:

Origin

Circa 1230, Middle English descorde, discorde; from Anglo-Norman, Old French descort (deri

Circa 1230, Middle English descorde, discorde; from Anglo-Norman, Old French descort (derivative of descorder), descorde (“disagreement”); from Latin discordia, from discors (“disagreeing, disagreement”), from dis- (“apart”) + cor, cordis (“heart”).

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Forms

plural: discords
Singulardiscord
Pluraldiscords

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

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