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The Meaning of discord

  • (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.

Synonyms

strife , dissension , discordance , discordance , disagree , disaccord

Antonyms

agree

Rhymes

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