'Discordant' definitions:
Definition of 'discordant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not in agreement or harmony; "views discordant with present-day ideas" [ant: accordant]
adjective
Definition of 'Discordant'
From: GCIDE
- Discordant \Dis*cord"ant\, a. [OE. discordant, descordaunt, OF. descordant, discordant, F. discordant, p. pr. of discorder, OF. also, descorder. See Discord, n.]
- 1. Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious. [1913 Webster]
- The discordant elements out of which the emperor had compounded his realm did not coalesce. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [See Discord, n.,
- 2. ] (Mus.) Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds. [1913 Webster]
- For still their music seemed to start Discordant echoes in each heart. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Geol.) Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault.
- Syn: Disagreeing; incongruous; contradictory; repugnant; opposite; contrary; inconsistent; dissonant; harsh; jarring; irreconcilable. -- {Dis*cord"ant*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*cord"ant*ness}, n. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'discordant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absonant,
- adversative,
- adverse,
- adversive,
- antagonistic,
- anti,
- antipathetic,
- antithetic,
- antonymous,
- assorted,
- at cross-purposes,
- at loggerheads,
- at odds,
- at variance,
- at war,
- atonal,
- balancing,
- cacophonic,
- cacophonous,
- clashing,
- colliding,
- compensating,
- conflicting,
- confronting,
- contradictory,
- contradistinct,
- contrapositive,
- contrarious,
- contrary,
- contrasted,
- contrasting,
- converse,
- counter,
- counterbalancing,
- counterpoised,
- countervailing,
- cracked,
- cranky,
- cross,
- dead against,
- departing,
- deviating,
- deviative,
- diaphonic,
- different,
- differentiated,
- differing,
- disaccordant,
- disagreeable,
- disagreeing,
- disconsonant,
- discrepant,
- discrete,
- discriminated,
- disharmonic,
- disharmonious,
- disjoined,
- disparate,
- disproportionate,
- dissentient,
- dissident,
- dissimilar,
- dissonant,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- divergent,
- diverging,
- divers,
- diverse,
- diversified,
- eyeball to eyeball,
- flat,
- grating,
- harsh,
- heterogeneous,
- hostile,
- immelodious,
- immiscible,
- in disagreement,
- inaccordant,
- incompatible,
- incongruent,
- incongruous,
- inconsistent,
- inconsonant,
- inharmonic,
- inharmonious,
- inimical,
- inverse,
- irreconcilable,
- jangling,
- jarring,
- many,
- motley,
- multifarious,
- musicless,
- negative,
- nonmelodious,
- obverse,
- off,
- off-color,
- off-key,
- off-tone,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- opposite,
- oppositional,
- oppositive,
- oppugnant,
- out of accord,
- out of pitch,
- out of tone,
- out of tune,
- out of whack,
- perverse,
- poles apart,
- poles asunder,
- raucous,
- repugnant,
- reverse,
- separate,
- separated,
- several,
- sharp,
- shrill,
- sour,
- squared off,
- strident,
- tuneless,
- unconformable,
- uncongenial,
- unequal,
- unharmonious,
- unlike,
- unmelodious,
- unmusical,
- untunable,
- untuned,
- untuneful,
- variant,
- varied,
- variegated,
- various,
- varying,
- widely apart,
- worlds apart