Both Uses of
discord
in
Gone with the Wind
- Then she hastily blundered into the opening bars of "Jacket of Gray" and stopped with a discord as she remembered how heartrending that selection was too.
Chpt 3.17 *discord = unpleasant sound
- There were women in the mob near Decatur Street, garishly dressed women whose bright finery and painted faces gave a discordant note of holiday.†
Chpt 3.21 *
Definitions:
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(discord as in: discordant music) unpleasant sound -- especially a combination of sounds that sound wrong together (though sometimes done intentionally in music)
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(discord as in: discord amongst the group) conflict or disagreement -- especially among those expected to cooperate
or (especially in the form discordant):
seeming different or wrong along with everything else