discordant

English

Alternative forms

• discordaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French descordant, from descorder.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkɔː.dənt/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkoɹ.dənt/

Adjective

discordant (comparative more discordant, superlative most discordant)

1. Not in harmony or accord.
   • 2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC‎:

     With this shift in both what shows are being made, and in what viewers desire, the genre hearteningly appears to be reverting to its roots of being an entertainment spectacular, giving the space for novelty and mad-cap amusement that's presented in a warm and humorous way. After a discordant patch, it's in tune again – even if some auditionees, as ever, are not.

2. Harsh or dissonant-sounding.
3. (public health) Serodiscordant.
4. (geology) Of a differing type of rock cutting across a formation.

   Dikes may be discordant to country rock if they intrude at a high angle to the bedding.

5. (mathematics) Of opposite sign.

Antonyms

• concordant

Related terms

• discord

Translations

French

Adjective

discordant (feminine discordante, masculine plural discordants, feminine plural discordantes)

1. discordant, dissonant
2. grating, jarring

Further reading

• “discordant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Latin

Verb

discordant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of discordō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French discordant.

Adjective

discordant m or n (feminine singular discordantă, masculine plural discordanți, feminine and neuter plural discordante)

1. discordant

Declension