discordant
A thing which is not in accord or harmony with one or more other thingsA thing which is not in accord or harmony with one or more other things.
» The orchestra makes discordant noises when tuning up.
Das Orchester macht misstönende Geräusche beim Stimmen. — MUIRIEL
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1 senses(in the plural)A thing which is not in accord or harmony with one or more other things.
Examples
4 sentencesThe orchestra makes discordant noises when tuning up.
deDas Orchester macht misstönende Geräusche beim Stimmen. — MUIRIEL
He laughed with a metallic and discordant sound.
Every chord, every harmony, every discordant note fills me with immense joy.
The 21st century composition was so discordant that it felt as though the performer was murdering the Steinway grand piano.
deDie Komposition aus dem 21. Jahrhundert war so dissonant, dass man den Eindruck hatte, der Pianist mache dem Steinway-Flügel den Garaus. — raggione
Origin
From Late Middle English discordaunt (“(adjective) not in accord or harmony; dissonant; (nFrom Late Middle English discordaunt (“(adjective) not in accord or harmony; dissonant; (noun) element not in accord or harmony”), from Anglo-Norman descorda(u)nt, discorda(u)nt, Middle French descordant, discordant, and Old French descordant, discordant (“of people: quarrelsome; of things: in disagreement, at variance”) (modern French discordant), an adjective use of the present participle of descorder, discorder (“to fail to agree or harmonize, clash, disagree, discord”), from Latin discordāre, the present active infinitive of discordō (“to disagree, quarrel with”), from discors (“discordant, different, inharmonious”) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). Discors is derived from dis- (“prefix meaning ‘apart, in two’”) + cor (“heart; (figurative) mind; soul”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”)). By surface analysis, discord (noun) + -ant (suffix forming adjectives from nouns with the sense ‘exhibiting [the condition or process described by the noun]’).
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Forms
plural: discordants| Singular | discordant |
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See also
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