discordant
pronunciation
How to pronounce discordant in British English:
UK [dɪsˈkɔ:dənt]
How to pronounce discordant in American English:
US [dɪsˈkɔrdənt]
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- Adjective:
- not in agreement or harmony
- lacking in harmony
Word Origin
- discordant (adj.)
- late 14c., discordaunt, from Old French descordant, present participle of descorder (see discord (n.)). Related: Discordantly.
Example
- 1. None of the other prep studies recruited discordant couples .
- 2. The stories about the booming chinese consumer market strike a discordant note on one level .
- 3. The orthodox view would have predicted that when a couple is discordant , it is more often the man than the woman who is infected .
- 4. The discordant hum of tourists below .
- 5. He studied what are known as discordant couples .