All discordant synonyms
dis·cord·ant
D d adj discordant
- cacophonous — If you describe a mixture of sounds as cacophonous, you mean that they are loud and unpleasant.
- clashing — to make a loud, harsh noise: The gears of the old car clashed and grated.
- jarring — to have a harshly unpleasant or perturbing effect on one's nerves, feelings, thoughts, etc.: The sound of the alarm jarred.
- dissonant — disagreeing or harsh in sound; discordant.
- strident — making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges.
- divergent — diverging; differing; deviating.
- antagonistic — If a person is antagonistic to someone or something, they show hatred or dislike towards them.
- antipathetic — having or arousing a strong aversion
- contradictory — If two or more facts, ideas, or statements are contradictory, they state or imply that opposite things are true.
- contrary — Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
- different — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
- discrepant — (usually of two or more objects, accounts, findings etc.) differing; disagreeing; inconsistent: discrepant accounts.
- grating — a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- harsh — ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
- incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incongruous — out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
- inconsistent — lacking in harmony between the different parts or elements; self-contradictory: an inconsistent story.
- inharmonious — not harmonious; discordant; unmelodious.
- opposite — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
- quarreling — an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
- uncongenial — agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character: congenial surroundings.
- unharmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- at odds — If someone is at odds with someone else, or if two people are at odds, they are disagreeing or quarrelling with each other.
- inconsonant — not consonant or in accord.
- jangling — to produce a harsh, discordant sound, as two comparatively small, thin, or hollow pieces of metal hitting together: The charms on her bracelet jangle as she moves.
- melodious — of the nature of or characterized by melody; tuneful.
- mix — to combine (substances, elements, things, etc.) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents.
adjective discordant
- disagreeing — Present participle of disagree.
- conflicting — clashing; contradictory
- frictional — of, relating to, or of the nature of friction.
- dissenting — to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
- disputatious — fond of or given to disputation; argumentative; contentious: disputatious litigants.
- acrimonious — Acrimonious words or quarrels are bitter and angry.
- quarrelling — an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
- shrill — high-pitched and piercing in sound quality: a shrill cry.
- unmusical — not musical; deficient in melody, harmony, rhythm, or tone.