Discord

Quick meaning: Discord is a noun meaning Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord.

Meaning

Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord.

More Meanings

1. Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
2. Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.
3. (music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
4. (intransitive, archaic) To disagree; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
5. (transitive, rare) To untie things which are connected by a cord.

Example Sentences

[…] For a Diſcord it ſelfe is but a Harſhneſſe of Diuers Sounds Meeting.

A false witnesse that speaketh lies; and him that soweth discord among brethren.

[…] Sometimes the one Iarring and diſcording with the other, and making a Confuſion; […]

The proposition is peace. Not peace through the medium of war; not peace to be hunted through the labyrinth of intricate and endless negotiations; not peace to arise out of universal discord, fomented from principle, in all parts of the empire; […]

Word Forms

• discords
• discording
• discorded

Synonyms for discord

Depending on context, synonyms include strife, dissension, discordance, disaccord, disagree.

Antonyms for discord

Common opposites include fit, check, jibe, match, tally, correspond.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include disaccord, discordance, disagree, dissension, strife, disharmony.

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