What does discordant mean?
Definitions for discordant
dɪsˈkɔr dntdis·cor·dant
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Princeton's WordNet
discordantadjective
not in agreement or harmony
"views discordant with present-day ideas"
discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonicadjective
lacking in harmony
Wiktionary
discordantadjective
not in harmony or accord
discordantadjective
harsh or dissonant sounding
discordantadjective
serodiscordant
discordantadjective
of a differing type of rock cutting across a formation
Dikes may be discordant to country rock if they intrude at a high angle to the bedding
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Discordantadjective
Etymology: discordant, Latin.
Myrrha was joy’d the welcome news to hear,
But clogg’d with guilt, the joy was insincere;
So various, so discordant is the mind,
That in our will a different will we find. Dryden.The discordant attraction of some wandering comets would certainly distract and disorder the harmony of the motions and revolutions of the planets, if they approached too near them. George Cheyne, Phil. Princip.
Hither conscience is to be referred, if by a comparison of things done with the rule there be a consonancy, then follows the sentence of approbation; if discordant from it, the sentence of condemnation. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.
Wikipedia
Discordant
The adjective discordant ('conflicting, disagreeing, at variance') may describe:
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discordant
Discordant refers to being in conflict, disagreement, or disharmony. It can refer to things not matching, not fitting together, lacking harmony in musical terms, or being contradictory in any context.
Webster Dictionary
Discordantnoun
disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious
Discordantnoun
dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds
Discordantnoun
said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of discordant in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of discordant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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