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