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English Dictionary: discord	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for discord
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
discord n lack of agreement or harmony Synonym(s): discord, strife disagreement among those expected to cooperate Synonym(s): discord, dissension a harsh mixture of sounds Synonym(s): discordance, discord strife resulting from a lack of agreement Synonym(s): discord, discordance v be different from one another [syn: disagree, disaccord, discord] Antonym(s): agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.] The one discording with the other. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. --Prov. vi. 19. Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire. --Burke. 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. For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds m[?][?][?]ing. --Bacon. {Apple of discord}. See under {Apple}. Syn: Variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing; dissension; contention; strife; disagreement; dissonance.