Discord
['dɪskɔːd] or ['dɪskɔrd]
Definition
(noun.) strife resulting from a lack of agreement.
(noun.) disagreement among those expected to cooperate.
(noun.) lack of agreement or harmony.
Checker: Zelig--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes.
(v. i.) Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord.
(n.) To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit.
Editor: Randolph
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1].Disagreement, contention, strife, dissension.[2].Dissonance, discordance, harshness, jarring, want of harmony.
Edited by Davy
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CONCORD]
Checker: Willa
Definition
n. opposite of concord: disagreement strife: difference or contrariety of qualities: a combination of inharmonious sounds: uproarious noise.—v.i. Discord′ to disagree.—ns. Discord′ance Discord′ancy.—adj. Discord′ant without concord or agreement: inconsistent: contradictory: harsh: jarring.—adv. Discord′antly.—adj. Discord′ful (Spens.).—Apple of discord (see Apple).
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Examples
- This the Muses affirm to be the stock from which discord has sprung, wherever arising; and this is their answer to us. Plato. The Republic.
- I was a discord in Gateshead Hall: I was like nobody there; I had nothing in harmony with Mrs. Reed or her children, or her chosen vassalage. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- And any difference which arises among them will be regarded by them as discord only--a quarrel among friends, which is not to be called a war? Plato. The Republic.
- Let the heart swell into what discord it will, thus plays the rippling water on the prow of the ferry-boat ever the same tune. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She went on, with the discord jarring and jolting through her, in the most barren of misery. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It all came back upon her; not merely the sorrow, but the terrible discord in the sorrow. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- This hostility exacerbated the natural discord of nomad and townsman. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Can there be any greater evil than discord and distraction and plurality where unity ought to reign? Plato. The Republic.
- Ate flung the apple of discord on the table of the gods, but it would have done no harm but for woman's jealousy. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- This Helena will be an apple of discord, as was her predecessor of Troy. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Pile dirge on dirge; rouse the funereal chords; let the air ring with dire wailing; let wild discord rush on the wings of the wind! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The discord jarred upon her inexpressibly. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The dragon's teeth are already sown amongst Mr. Yorke's young olive-branches; discord will one day be the harvest. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It brought a jar of discord, a pang of regret; it was not flattering, yet, after all, I ought to be thankfulit might have been worse. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The greatest good of a State is unity; the greatest evil, discord and distraction. Plato. The Republic.
- In despair of other solutions to its intellectual discords it had resorted to arbitrary authority. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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