All 4 Uses of
discord
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- --to observe where they met, and where they separated, at what point they were in unison, and at what point they were at discord,
Chpt 4 *discord = conflict (disagreement)
- Their voices were horribly shrill and discordant.
Chpt 7 *discordant = unpleasant sounding (especially in combination)
- Discord is to be forced to be in harmony with others.†
Chpt 6
- The harsh intervals and shrill discords of barbaric music stirred him at times when Schubert's grace, and Chopin's beautiful sorrows, and the mighty harmonies of Beethoven himself, fell unheeded on his ear.†
Chpt 11
Definitions:
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(1)
(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 -
(2)
(discord as in: discordant music) unpleasant sound -- especially a combination of sounds that sound wrong together (though sometimes done intentionally in music)