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All discordant synonyms

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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.
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