All 3 Uses of "discord" in "October Sky"

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discord
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October Sky
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To keep our morale up, we sang with discordant enthusiasm.
Chpt 8 *

discordant = voices that didn't go well together (unpleasant sounding)
Even over the loud, discordant music being performed by Cecil Sutter and the Miners, I heard her delighted shrieks as he spun the car around on the ice-coated road that ran down beside the church.†
Chpt 9
Mr. Van Dyke leaned back in his chair, the springs creaking discordantly.†
Chpt 10 *

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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)