Discord \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.
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A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that
soweth discord among brethren. --Prov. vi.
19.
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Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in
all parts of the empire. --Burke.
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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.
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For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers
sounds m???ing. --Bacon.
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Apple of discord. See under Apple.
Syn: Variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing;
dissension; contention; strife; disagreement;
dissonance.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Discord \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.]
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The one discording with the other. --Bacon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
discord
n 1: lack of agreement or harmony [syn: strife]
2: disagreement among those expected to cooperate [syn: dissension]
3: a harsh mixture of sounds [syn: discordance]
4: strife resulting from a lack of agreement [syn: discordance]
v : be different from one another [syn: disagree, disaccord]
[ant: match]
WordNet (r) 2.0
136 Moby Thesaurus words for "discord":
Bedlam let loose, Discordia, Eris, animosity, antagonism,
antipathy, argumentation, bedlam, 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, discrepancy, disharmony, disparity,
dissension, dissent, dissidence, dissonance, disunion, disunity,
divergence, diversity, divide, division, donnybrook, drunken brawl,
dryness, dustup, enmity, 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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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