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noun

Discord n.

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. "A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren." "Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire."

(Mus.) 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.

Apple of discord. See under Apple.

Synonyms: Variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing; dissension; contention; strife; disagreement; dissonance.

verb

Discord v. i. To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit. (Obs.) "The one discording with the other."

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Etymology of 'Discord'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Discord" Quotes from Famous Books

... with which this pastorello sailed along. The character of the music is ease and largeness: as the shepherd lived, so God Almighty walked on the wind. The music breathes ease: but words must tell us who takes it easy. Beethoven's Sonata—Op. 14—is meant to express the discord and gradual atonement of two lovers, or a man and his wife: and he was disgusted that every one did not see what was meant: in truth, it expresses any resistance gradually overcome—Dobson shaving with a blunt razor, for instance. Music is so far the most ...

— Letters of Edward FitzGerald - in two volumes, Vol. 1 • Edward FitzGerald

... a positive hatred toward Shadwell, who has brought all this discord into her hitherto happy life, grows within her, filling her with a most unjust longing to see him as wretched as he has unwittingly made her; while yet she shrinks with ever-increasing reluctance from the thought that soon she must ...

— Molly Bawn • Margaret Wolfe Hamilton

... we were feeling our way through the mist. Astern died the clangor of dock and wharf into a remote discord. Ahead hung the foggy curtain veiling the traffic of the great waterway; but through it broke the calling of sirens, ...

— The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu • Sax Rohmer

... centuries ago Luitprand had placed her, at the head of the province of Tuscany. This view, which certainly she herself was not slow to take, was confirmed when Volterra and Pistoja placed themselves under her protection; yet, as ever, her greatest danger was the discord within her walls. The Republic was weak, nearly a million and a half of florins had been spent on the war, and many tyrants were her allies; moreover, she had lent troops to Milan.[37] It was this moment ...

— Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa • Edward Hutton

... to add that discord, never again invaded the domain of Haddon. The marriage proved a happy one; and no one, except the Stanleys, ...

— Heiress of Haddon • William E. Doubleday

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