All 6 Uses
discord
in
Brisingr
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- ...Eragon was convinced that taking Sloan back with them would sow [make grow] discord...
*discord = conflict
- raising their voices in a discordant melody
*discordant = unpleasant sounding
- When the entire column stood motionless before the crude altar, the creature upon the litter stirred and began to chant in a voice as discordant as the moaning of the bells.†
- He retreated deep within himself, where the discordant mental chorus was no louder than the distant thunder of crashing waves.†
- As Eragon pulled his blade free of the corpse, there was a discordant clamor from within the guard towers as gears and chains began to turn and the massive beams that held closed the city gates began to withdraw.†
- Moving at a quick but steady pace, Eragon cut as large a hole as he could in the portcullis, then stood aside as the loose piece of grating fell flat onto the stones of the street with a discordant clang.†
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)