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DISCORDANT
discordant
(adjective) not in agreement or harmony; “views discordant with present-day ideas”
discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic
(adjective) lacking in harmony
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
discordant (comparative more discordant, superlative most discordant)
not in harmony or accord
harsh or dissonant-sounding
(public health) serodiscordant
(geology) of a differing type of rock cutting across a formation
(mathematics) of opposite sign
Antonyms
• concordant
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*cord"ant, a. Etym: [OE. discordant, descordaunt, OF. descordant, discordant, F. discordant, p. pr. of discorder, OF. also, descorder. See Discord, n.]
1. Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious. The discordant elements out of which the emperor had compounded his realm did not coalesce. Motley.
2. Etym: [See Discord, n.,
2.] (Mus.)
Definition: Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds. For still their music seemed to start Discordant echoes in each heart. Longfellow.
3. (Geol.)
Definition: Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault.
Syn.
– Disagreeing; incongruous; contradictory; repugnant; opposite; contrary; inconsistent; dissonant; harsh; jarring; irreconcilable.
– Dis*cord"ant*ly, adv.
– Dis*cord"ant*ness, n. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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