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as in: discordant music Define
unpleasant sound -- especially a combination of sounds that sound wrong together (though sometimes done intentionally in music)
- I shivered violently, and shouted again—rather discordantly.
- She described the loud discordant music as a form of torture.
- She heard the discordant clanging of pots in the kitchen.
- I, for my own part, cannot think that these latter days of weak experiment, fragmentary theory, and mutual discord are indeed man’s culminating time!
- There is a sentiment arising, and it will grow, against connubial jealousy, against fierce maternity, against passion of all sorts; unnecessary things now, and things that make us uncomfortable, savage survivals, discords in a refined and pleasant life.
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as in: discord amongst the group Define
conflict or disagreement -- especially among those expected to cooperate
or (especially in the form "discordant"):
seeming different or wrong along with everything else
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as in: discord amongst the group Define
conflict or disagreement -- especially among those expected to cooperate
or (especially in the form "discordant"):
seeming different or wrong along with everything else
as in: discordant music
Define
unpleasant sound -- especially a combination of sounds that sound wrong together (though sometimes done intentionally in music)
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