All 5 Uses
discord
in
The Waves, by Virginia Woolf
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- ...born entire, out of hatred, out of discord.
*discord = conflict
- Each sang stridently, with passion, with vehemence, as if to let the song burst out of it, no matter if it shattered the song of another bird with harsh discord.
*discord = sounding bad in combination
- From discord, from hatred (I despise dabblers in imagery—I resent the power of Percival intensely) my shattered mind is pieced together by some sudden perception.†
- There is always more to be understood; a discord to be listened for; a falsity to be reprimanded.†
- What a symphony with its concord and its discord, and its tunes on top and its complicated bass beneath, then grew up!†
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 in context -
(2)
(discord as in: discordant music) unpleasant sound -- especially a combination of sounds that sound wrong together (though sometimes done intentionally in music)
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)