'Discord' definitions:
Definition of 'discord'
From: WordNet
noun
Lack of agreement or harmony [syn: discord, strife]
noun
Disagreement among those expected to cooperate [syn: discord, dissension]
noun
A harsh mixture of sounds [syn: discordance, discord]
noun
Strife resulting from a lack of agreement [syn: discord, discordance]
verb
Definition of 'Discord'
From: GCIDE
- Discord \Dis"cord`\, n. [OE. discord, descord, OF. discorde, descorde, F. discorde, from L. discordia, fr. discors, -cordis, discordant, disagreeable; dis- + cor, cordis, heart; cf. F. discord, n., and OF. descorder, discorder, F. discorder, to discord, L. discordare, from discors. See Heart, and cf. Discord, v. i.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. --Prov. vi. 19. [1913 Webster]
- Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (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. [1913 Webster]
- For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds m???ing. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Apple of discord. See under Apple.
- Syn: Variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing; dissension; contention; strife; disagreement; dissonance. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Discord'
From: GCIDE
- Discord \Dis*cord"\, v. i. [OE. discorden, descorden, from the French. See Discord, n.] To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The one discording with the other. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'discord'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animosity,
- antagonism,
- antipathy,
- argumentation,
- bedlam,
- Bedlam let loose,
- blast,
- bobbery,
- brawl,
- brouhaha,
- cacophony,
- charivari,
- chirm,
- clamor,
- clangor,
- clap,
- clash,
- clashing,
- clatter,
- coarseness,
- collision,
- commotion,
- conflict,
- contention,
- contradiction,
- controversy,
- cracked voice,
- difference,
- din,
- disaccord,
- disaccordance,
- disaffinity,
- disagree,
- disagreement,
- discordance,
- discordancy,
- Discordia,
- discrepancy,
- disharmony,
- disparity,
- dissension,
- dissent,
- dissidence,
- dissonance,
- disunion,
- disunity,
- divergence,
- diversity,
- divide,
- division,
- donnybrook,
- drunken brawl,
- dryness,
- dustup,
- enmity,
- Eris,
- faction,
- flap,
- fracas,
- free-for-all,
- friction,
- gruffness,
- gutturalism,
- gutturality,
- gutturalness,
- harshness,
- hell broke loose,
- hoarseness,
- hostility,
- howl,
- hubbub,
- hue and cry,
- hullabaloo,
- huskiness,
- inaccordance,
- incompatibility,
- incompatibleness,
- incongruity,
- inconsistency,
- inconsonance,
- inequality,
- inharmoniousness,
- inharmony,
- jangle,
- jar,
- jarring,
- loud noise,
- mischief,
- mismatch,
- negation,
- noise,
- noise and shouting,
- noncooperation,
- open conflict,
- opposition,
- oppugnancy,
- outcry,
- pandemonium,
- polarization,
- racket,
- rancor,
- raspiness,
- rattle,
- raucity,
- repugnance,
- rhubarb,
- roar,
- roughness,
- row,
- rub,
- ruckus,
- ruction,
- rudeness,
- rumble,
- rumpus,
- scrapiness,
- scratchiness,
- shindy,
- shivaree,
- stertorousness,
- strained relations,
- strife,
- tension,
- thickness,
- throatiness,
- thunder,
- thunderclap,
- tintamarre,
- tumult,
- ugliness,
- uncongeniality,
- unharmoniousness,
- unpleasantness,
- uproar,
- variance,
- vary