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Discordant is an English word with synonyms like inharmonious or inharmonic. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Discordant in a sentence

Discordant | Discordantly

Discordant meaning

  1. Not in accord or harmony; conflicting, incompatible.
  2. Of people: disagreeing with each other; dissenting, quarrelsome.

Synonyms of Discordant

at variance inharmonious inharmonic dissonant disharmonious accordant factious divisive dissentious discrepant unharmonious

Using Discordant

  • The main meaning on this page is: Not in accord or harmony; conflicting, incompatible. | Not in accord or harmony; conflicting, incompatible. | Of people: disagreeing with each other; dissenting, quarrelsome.
  • Useful related words include: at variance, inharmonious, inharmonic, dissonant.
  • In the example corpus, discordant often appears in combinations such as: discordant note, the discordant, in discordant.

Context around Discordant

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Discordant

  • In this selection, "discordant" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, characters, particularly, appeared, note, sentiments and unison stand out and add context to how "discordant" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a few discordant bars of and a particularly discordant note with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "discordant" sits close to words such as abbe, abeyance and abp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with discordant

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Political discourse continues to be a discordant contest between haters and admirers of President Trump. (15 words)

But across the country, Jewish communities viewed Mr. Trump’s order in competing and discordant ways. (16 words)

It’s a cacophony of boom-boom-boom, mixed with others’ discordant tastes, a maddening, deafening drumbeat of urbanity. (19 words)

Our culture is a collection of discordant ideas, mixing lofty and base elements in a manner despised by much of the world — a disgust easily understood by watching our TV shows and movies, or listening to some of our popular music. (41 words)

A marketplace of ideas may be discordant, chaotic, and include views that are false or terrible, but it keeps a society fresh and dynamic, instead of allowing it to ossify into an inbred oligarchy echoing its own idiocy. (38 words)

Dr Parirenyatwa said when one was sexually active, they were at high risk of HIV, and urged the adolescents, students in tertiary institutions, truck drivers, sex workers, discordant couples and the key populations to take PreP pills. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

He also said that ethnicity, senatorial district, and other discordant sentiments should not be the major parameters for the emergence of any governorship candidate from the major political parties.

That is until the lights are dimmed, and we all stop what we’re doing to sing Happy Birthday to her in excited, if discordant, unison.

The discordant score, for example, is mixed so low that it’s almost subliminal – an uneasy hint that there’s nothing funny about these men who are “just having a laugh”.

The noise quandary transcends the beach, infiltrating city entertainment establishments that receive flak for discordant music disturbing the peace during nocturnal hours.

The scale and design of the development would be appropriate and would not result in a discordant feature within the locality and would not be detrimental to the area.

The two-time Ghatal MP has been sounding a discordant note over the past few days and speculations are going round whether the actor turned politician will contest Lok Sabha polls or not.

While the performers (most veterans of prior works by producer Larry Fessenden) are fine, their characters’ discordant dynamics don’t exactly deepen as this macabre miniature goes on.

A marketplace of ideas may be discordant, chaotic, and include views that are false or terrible, but it keeps a society fresh and dynamic, instead of allowing it to ossify into an inbred oligarchy echoing its own idiocy.

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In Alexandria, the decade of the 2010s also ended on a particularly discordant note, with many contentious issues dividing our city.

What separates the Gang from their other bands is their discarding of discordant hardcore leanings for melodic fiery rock ‘n’ roll ones and occasional blues and surf undertones.

At times, the images appeared discordant with the aims of a US government delegation representing the nation's geostrategic interests.

But across the country, Jewish communities viewed Mr. Trump’s order in competing and discordant ways.

It’s a cacophony of boom-boom-boom, mixed with others’ discordant tastes, a maddening, deafening drumbeat of urbanity.

Political discourse continues to be a discordant contest between haters and admirers of President Trump.

Dr Parirenyatwa said when one was sexually active, they were at high risk of HIV, and urged the adolescents, students in tertiary institutions, truck drivers, sex workers, discordant couples and the key populations to take PreP pills.

It seems discordant, it is noisy and turbulent but generally, it is worth remembering the Warren Buffett saying: ‘Never bet against America’.

Mother didn’t speak while she was dying; the dementia had robbed her of that, although just a few weeks before, she would break out in a few discordant bars of a song in the nursing home.

Much of this freshness can be attributed to Eleni’s haunting vocals, which carry over the harmoniously discordant riffs and driving rhythms.

Our culture is a collection of discordant ideas, mixing lofty and base elements in a manner despised by much of the world — a disgust easily understood by watching our TV shows and movies, or listening to some of our popular music.

So I imagine trying to explain how we got into the present discordant mess since he died thirty years ago.

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Common combinations with discordant

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "discordant" in a sentence?
An example: "He also said that ethnicity, senatorial district, and other discordant sentiments should not be the major parameters for the emergence of any governorship candidate from the major political parties." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "discordant" from authentic English texts.
What does "discordant" mean?
Discordant means: Not in accord or harmony; conflicting, incompatible.
What are synonyms of "discordant"?
Common synonyms of "discordant" include: at variance, inharmonious, inharmonic, dissonant, disharmonious, accordant, factious, divisive. Plus 3 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "discordant" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "discordant", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.