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as in shrill
marked by or producing a harsh combination of sounds
discordant tones coming from the poorly tuned instrument
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2
as in noisy
making loud, confused, and usually unharmonious sounds
the discordant cries of gulls fighting over the fishing boat's castoffs
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as in aggressive
feeling or displaying eagerness to fight
a troubled, discordant family that would benefit from professional counseling
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as in conflicting
not being in agreement or harmony
his views on the proper role of diet in maintaining good health are certainly discordant with most contemporary opinions on the subject
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Recent Examples of discordant
Rule 10b5-1 trading plans came into the fold just over two decades ago to reconcile these two discordant facts.
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Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
That puts a heavy burden on sound designers P.K. Hooker and Will Files, whose intrusive mix of creepy noises is often indistinguishable from Benjamin Wallfisch’s discordant score.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Jan. 2025
This wealth of discordant data means some evolutionary connections remain unclear, especially within perennial Dicerandra.
—Andre A. Naranjo, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
Over a pleasantly discordant score of dreamy electronic chords and twanging banjos, Matthew finds pencil marks charting his growth as a child while these parents fuss over their own new baby.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
That puts a heavy burden on sound designers P.K. Hooker and Will Files, whose intrusive mix of creepy noises is often indistinguishable from Benjamin Wallfisch’s discordant score.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Jan. 2025
This wealth of discordant data means some evolutionary connections remain unclear, especially within perennial Dicerandra.
—Andre A. Naranjo, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
Over a pleasantly discordant score of dreamy electronic chords and twanging banjos, Matthew finds pencil marks charting his growth as a child while these parents fuss over their own new baby.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discordant
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As such, The Studio is shrill and talky, its chaotic scenes sparked by random performers like Charlize Theron, Zac Efron, Olivia Wilde and Sarah Polley, all of whom want something from Remick.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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The shrill, metallic banging noises of a jack hammer echoed around the White House on Monday as crews started removing the large, yellow Black Lives Matter mural down the street from the president's home.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
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Like any good house party, as many high schoolers can attest, the scene was a little chaotic, noisy and free flowing, in more ways than one.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
4 Apr. 2025
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Young planets orbit young stars, and young stars tend to be very noisy, which makes extracting the signals of their young planets all the more difficult.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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There are also more aggressive interventions for people with severe allergies who don’t respond to other medicines like desensitization therapy, also known as allergy shots.—
Umair Irfan,
Wired News,
5 Apr. 2025
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The two were very aggressive from the start of the fight, with a lot of output.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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That gross number ignores the economic impact of tariffs and glosses over Trump’s conflicting goals.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Trump and his economic team have offered conflicting goals for his new tariffs.—
Sylvan Lane,
The Hill,
7 Apr. 2025
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Some of those weird dissonant chords, there’s some of that in there for sure.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
21 Mar. 2025
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Possessed by the spirit of dance, an equally urgent soundtrack surrounds her: dissonant hoover synths, gospel-house pianos, Siouxsie and the Banshees’ guitars.—
Kristen S. Hé,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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The group wrote to Bondi to argue that the influencer should be investigated over whether she has been paid to spread propaganda for Hamas, the Palestinian militant group in Gaza, it was first reported by the New York Post.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
8 Apr. 2025
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And in Lebanon, a series of Israeli attacks on the country have decapitated the militant group Hezbollah.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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His current form may be inconsistent at best, but Finau believes the best results of his career are still ahead of him.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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But without a strong messaging foundation, those pieces can feel scattered, inconsistent, or even contradictory.—
Rhea Wessel,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Setting Discordant Personal Goals A 2023 study published in Current Psychology finds that partners’ inharmonious goals can have detrimental effects on relationships.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
29 Mar. 2024
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For sixteen hours a week, Valentine hopes to share some melody in a place that, for some, can feel inharmonious.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
24 July 2021
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“Discordant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discordant. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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