'At variance' definitions:
Definition of 'at variance'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not in accord; "desires at variance with his duty"; "widely discrepant statements" [syn: at variance(p), discrepant, dissonant]
Definition of 'At variance'
From: GCIDE
- Variance \Va"ri*ance\, n. [L. variantia.]
- 1. The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Difference that produces dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel. [1913 Webster]
- That which is the strength of their amity shall prove the immediate author of their variance. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, -- as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Statistics) The expected value of the square of the deviation from the mean of a randomly distributed variable; the second moment about the mean. This is also the square of the standard deviation. [PJC]
- At variance, in disagreement; in a state of dissension or controversy; at enmity. "What cause brought him so soon at variance with himself?" --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'at variance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- against the grain,
- against the tide,
- against the wind,
- alienated,
- antagonistic,
- antiestablishment,
- antipathetic,
- assorted,
- at cross-purposes,
- at daggers,
- at daggers drawn,
- at enmity,
- at feud,
- at issue,
- at loggerheads,
- at odds,
- at odds with,
- at outs,
- at square,
- at strife,
- at variance with,
- at war,
- at war with,
- athwart,
- breakaway,
- clashing,
- contra,
- contradictory,
- contrariwise,
- contrary,
- contrasted,
- contrasting,
- counter,
- counter-culture,
- cranky,
- cross,
- departing,
- deviating,
- deviative,
- different,
- differentiated,
- differing,
- disaccordant,
- disagreeable,
- disagreeing,
- discordant,
- discrepant,
- discrete,
- discriminated,
- disharmonious,
- disjoined,
- disparate,
- disproportionate,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- dissident,
- dissimilar,
- dissonant,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- divergent,
- diverging,
- divers,
- diverse,
- diversified,
- eyeball-to-eyeball,
- grating,
- heterogeneous,
- hostile,
- immiscible,
- in confrontation,
- in disagreement,
- in hostile array,
- in opposition,
- inaccordant,
- incompatible,
- incongruous,
- inconsistent,
- inconsonant,
- inharmonious,
- irreconcilable,
- jangling,
- jarring,
- many,
- motley,
- multifarious,
- negative,
- nonconforming,
- on the outs,
- opposing,
- out of accord,
- out of whack,
- poles apart,
- poles asunder,
- recusant,
- repugnant,
- sectarian,
- sectary,
- separate,
- separated,
- several,
- unconformable,
- uncongenial,
- underground,
- unequal,
- unharmonious,
- unlike,
- up in arms,
- variant,
- varied,
- variegated,
- various,
- varying,
- widely apart,
- with crossed bayonets,
- worlds apart