DISCORDANT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DISCORDANT?

Need another word that means the same as “discordant”? Find 31 synonyms and 30 related words for “discordant” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Discordant” are: disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic, in disagreement, differing, divergent, discrepant, contradictory, contrary, in conflict, conflicting, opposite, opposed, opposing, clashing, inharmonious, unharmonious, unmelodic, unmusical, tuneless, off-key, harsh, jarring, grating, jangling, jangly, strident, shrill, screeching, screechy, cacophonous

Discordant as an Adjective

Definitions of "Discordant" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “discordant” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Disagreeing or incongruous.
• Lacking in harmony.
• (of sounds) harsh and jarring because of a lack of harmony.
• Not in agreement or harmony.
• Characterized by conflict.
• (of a matched pair of subjects, especially twins) not having the same trait or disease.

Synonyms of "Discordant" as an adjective (31 Words)

cacophonous	Having an unpleasant sound. As cacophonous as a henyard.
clashing	In conflict with each other; incompatible. Clashing colors.
conflicting	In disagreement. There are conflicting accounts of what occurred.
contradictory	In disagreement- John Morley. Perfect and imperfect are contradictory terms.
contrary	(of two propositions) so related that one or neither but not both must be true. The facts point to a contrary conclusion.
differing	Not the same as each other; dissimilar. Widely differing circumstances.
discrepant	Characterized by an illogical or surprising lack of compatibility or similarity. Widely discrepant statements.
disharmonious	Lacking in harmony or agreement. Marriages can become dysfunctional and disharmonious.
dissonant	Not in accord. Irregular dissonant chords.
divergent	Tending to be different or develop in different directions. Divergent interpretations.
grating	Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound. The continual praise of the good old days can become grating.
harsh	Unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses. The harsh realities of the world news.
in conflict	Directed or bound inward.
in disagreement	Directed or bound inward.
inharmonic	Lacking in harmony.
inharmonious	Not forming or contributing to a pleasing whole; discordant. An inharmonious or incongruous mixture of architectural styles.
jangling	Like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together. Cowboys with jangling spurs.
jangly	Like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together.
jarring	Making or causing a harsh and irritating sound. The jarring noise of the iron gate scraping on the sidewalk.
off-key	Inaccurate in pitch.
opposed	Being in opposition or having an opponent. Parties opposed to the ruling party.
opposing	(of two or more subjects) differing from or in conflict with each other. On the opposing page there were two addresses.
opposite	Of angles between opposite sides of the intersection of two lines. A crowd gathered on the opposite side of the street.
screeching	Making a loud, harsh, piercing sound. The accident brought his career to a screeching halt.
screechy	Having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge.
shrill	Being sharply insistent on being heard. A shrill gaiety.
strident	Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f’, `s’, `z’, or `th’ in both `thin’ and `then. Strident demands.
tuneless	Not having a musical sound or pleasing tune. Tuneless whistling.
unharmonious	Not in harmony. The unharmonious noise of town life.
unmelodic	Not having a pleasing tune; discordant. The songs are pompous earnest often unmelodic.
unmusical	Not pleasing to the ear. Too unmusical to care for concerts.

Usage Examples of "Discordant" as an adjective

• The singers continued their discordant chanting.
• The operative principle of democracy is a balance of discordant qualities.
• Views discordant with present-day ideas.
• A study of children in discordant homes.
• Studies with data from discordant twins will be useful to confirm our findings.

Associations of "Discordant" (30 Words)

antagonistic	Indicating opposition or resistance. His antagonistic brusqueness.
cacophonous	Involving or producing a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds. As cacophonous as a henyard.
cacophony	A harsh discordant mixture of sounds. A cacophony of deafening alarm bells.
conflict	Be in conflict. The two proposals conflict.
conflicting	On bad terms. There are conflicting accounts of what occurred.
contradiction	The speech act of contradicting someone. He spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction.
contradictory	A contradictory proposition. The two studies came to contradictory conclusions.
cracked	Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular. You must think my family are cracked.
disagreement	A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions. Disagreements between parents and adolescents.
discomfit	Make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed. He was not noticeably discomfited by her tone.
disconcert	Cause to feel embarrassment. The abrupt change of subject disconcerted her.
discord	Be different from one another. The party s views were apt to discord with those of the leading members of the government.
discrepant	Characterized by an illogical or surprising lack of compatibility or similarity. The reasons for these discrepant results are unclear.
dissonant	Characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved. Jackson employs both harmonious and dissonant colour choices.
divisive	Tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people. The highly divisive issue of abortion.
embarrass	Cause to be embarrassed cause to feel self conscious. She wouldn t embarrass either of them by making a scene.
factious	Relating or inclined to dissension. A factious country.
faze	Disturb or disconcert (someone. She was not fazed by his show of anger.
incompatible	Not compatible with other facts. All four prototype camcorders used special tapes and were incompatible with each other.
incongruous	Lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness. Incongruous behavior.
inconsistency	The fact or state of being inconsistent. The inconsistency between his expressed attitudes and his actual behaviour.
inconsistent	Not capable of being made consistent or harmonious. He had done nothing inconsistent with his morality.
inharmonious	Lacking in harmony of parts. An inharmonious or incongruous mixture of architectural styles.
inhospitable	(of a person) unfriendly and unwelcoming towards people. The barren inhospitable desert.
irony	Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs. Irony is wasted on the stupid.
opposition	Resistance or dissent, expressed in action or argument. Her Majesty s loyal opposition.
oxymoron	A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true).
peephole	A small hole that may be looked through, especially one in a door through which callers may be identified before the door is opened. She peered through the security peephole in the solid oak door.
perplex	Complicate or confuse (a matter. She was perplexed by her husband s moodiness.
raspy	Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound. His voice was raspy from days of non stop campaigning.