discordant

(dĭ-skôr'dnt)
adj.

1. Not being in accord; conflicting.
2. Disagreeable in sound; harsh or dissonant.

discordancy dis·cor'dan·cy n.
discordantly dis·cor'dant·ly adv.

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adjective

1. Devoid of harmony and accord: inconsonant, inharmonious, uncongenial, unharmonious. See agree/disagree.
2. Made up of parts or qualities that are disparate or otherwise markedly lacking in consistency: discrepant, dissonant, incompatible, incongruent, incongruous, inconsistent. See agree/disagree.
3. Characterized by unpleasant discordance of sound: cacophonous, disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic, inharmonious, rude, unharmonious, unmusical. See agree/disagree, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

adj

Definition: not in harmony; conflicting
Antonyms: agreeable, agreeing, concordant, cooperating, harmonious

Cutting across the geological grain of an area, as in the case of a stream cutting across an anticline. See superimposed drainage.

IN BRIEF: Not being in agreement.

The out of tune piano produced only discordant notes.

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See words rhyming with "discordancy."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uoverensstemmende, stridende, disharmonisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
dissonerend, wanklanken producerend

Français (French)
adj. - incompatible, discordant, (Mus) dissonant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mißtönend, entgegengesetzt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ασύμφωνος, δυσαρμονικός, παράφωνος, παράτονος (κν. φάλτσος)

Italiano (Italian)
discordante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - divergente

idioms:

• be discordant    ser diferente

Русский (Russian)
диссонирующий

idioms:

• be discordant    диссонировать

Español (Spanish)
adj. - disonante, discorde

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oenig, disharmonisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不调和的, 不悦耳的, 不和的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不調和的, 不悅耳的, 不和的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 불일치한, (지질이) 부정합의, (음성이) 듣기에 거북스러운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 不一致の, 不和の, 不協和の, 耳障りな, 不整合の

idioms:

• be discordant    仲の悪い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متعارض, متخالف, متنافر ( صفه للصوت)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮צורם, לא-תואם‬

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