Definition of discordant in English:

discordant

adjective dɪˈskɔːd(ə)ntˌdɪsˈkɔrd(ə)nt

1Disagreeing or incongruous.
不一致的；不协调的
the operative principle of democracy is a balance of discordant qualities
Example sentencesExamples
- Unsurprisingly, different scales can lead to discordant results.
- You might guess that a show selected by six different people would appear discordant, reflecting a clash of outlook and taste.
- Is it possible you see the controversy your films always generate and the wildly discordant judgments as a higher compliment to your work than universal praise would be?
- We hypothesized that variations in the distribution of emphysema would be associated with functional differences and therefore account for discordant physiology.
- As a consequence, the complex shows discordant evolutionary patterns at different levels of organization.
- These techniques allow governments and corporations the freedom to promote ideas that would appear repulsive, discordant or even downright stupid if spoken in plain English.
- For me, brunch is food anarchy, a gross and discordant ensemble of absolutely every dish you might ever conceivably eat for breakfast served with others normally reserved for lunch and dinner.
- He added: ‘The sign looks a discordant and random afterthought which is entirely unsympathetic to the architectural integrity of this attractive building.’
- The two most highly differentially expressed transcripts in smokers that give discordant results in the mouse models encode secreted proteins.
- I found a disturbing number of very different crème brûlée recipes out there, calling for widely discordant oven temp, cooking time and quantities of eggs/cream/sugar.
- Analysis shows that the main reasons behind divorce are discordant personalities, extra-marital affairs, a weak marriage base, or physiological problems with one or other of the couple.
- It examined the divergent and discordant forces at work in the UK at the time: Scottish, Welsh and English nationalism, as well as the Northern Ireland conflict.
- What is perhaps most fascinating about the coming election is that Shrum's trademark populism, which seemed so discordant just two years ago, will suddenly have renewed resonance.
- On the other hand, if the cues from different senses are discordant, perception can be distorted.
- All the discordant cases in the present study had only one grade difference with histological grading similar to earlier studies.
- I don't see anything in the documents that is discordant with what were the times, what was the situation and what were the people involved.
- Indeed, throughout the occupation, the stream of images continues to feel disturbingly discordant with our national identity.
- The width of the gap has been uncertain, because different preparation methods have yielded discordant results.
Synonyms
in disagreement, at variance, at odds, disagreeing, differing, divergent, discrepant, contradictory, contrary, in conflict, conflicting, opposite, opposed, opposing, clashing
incompatible, inconsistent, irreconcilable, inconsonant, incongruous
rare oppugnant
1. 1.1 Characterized by conflict.
  好争吵的，有矛盾的
  a study of children in discordant homes
  对有矛盾家庭孩子的研究。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The country, which at present looks a Babel of discordant voices, is badly in need of a ‘light’ to get out of the darkness that has enveloped the nation.
  Ive come to a shocking realisation that Im in a discordant relationship.
  In the early years her Cabinet was argumentative and discordant, a consequence not only of disagreements about economic strategy but also of her argumentative and directive style.
  Take phenomenological psychologists focusing on the subject and behaviourists focusing on objects: They typically do not just write in different journals, they also disagree with each other in discordant ways.
  Small businesses are becoming more discordant, with disciplinary procedures becoming formalised at an earlier stage and internal disagreements more likely to lead to legal action.
  Consequently, older children have more opportunities to find outside support systems that can help to buffer the deleterious effects of a discordant home.
  More formally too there is evidence of how factors such as peer pressure or a discordant home can have long-term consequences that affect learning.
  In April, after an intense and often discordant discussion between policy makers and the teacher training institutes, a new Decree on teacher training was voted in Parliament.
2(of sounds) harsh and jarring because of a lack of harmony.
（声音）刺耳的，不和谐的
the singers continued their discordant chanting
Example sentencesExamples
- She had to play it all by ear, and this tune had some glaringly discordant harmonies.
- He shut his eyes and prepared himself for the discordant sounds.
- For the audience, the music is a blend of nontraditional, at times discordant, sound.
- Furthermore, all manner of wind instruments are used to create discordant noises that sound dangerously close to flatulence.
- Abruptly, he struck one of the guitar strings, making a discordant sound.
- Getting a balance between the beauty of the instruments and the harsh discordant vocals seems difficult to achieve.
- The film pieces together unrelated images and discordant sounds to evoke provocative after-images that flow seamlessly into one another.
- They sing a discordant series of sounds that can be alternately tuneful and rasping.
- It is hard, though, to shake the notion that all of these tiny tremors and discordant sounds do not harbor some degree of chaos ahead.
- His fingers faltered on the piano keys, the discordant sound filling the room.
- These lights are later accompanied by the discordant noises of machines losing contact with their source and breaking down.
- Rakael frowned as a harsh, discordant sound echoed in her ears.
- He stalked out of the apartment and walked to the nearest club, harshly bright and resounding with discordant noise in the still night air.
- Its voice grows harsh, and discordant, sounding more like two people talking at once.
- Even the moments of drama are fairly subtly presented, with little but an increase in odd sounds and discordant notes to herald them.
- Their songs were too long, and were made up of loops created on the laptop utilising the most unmusical discordant sounds imaginable.
- Close by the inn stood the ancient church, and the shrill, discordant clack of the cracked bell could be distinctly heard in the ballroom.
- The music sounded like the tape was being stretched producing appalling sounds and off-key, discordant, unpleasant noises.
- The musical voice was now a harsh discordant tone that echoed around him.
- The sound was awful, each song was a tuneless, discordant dirge.
Synonyms
inharmonious, unharmonious, unmelodic, unmusical, tuneless, off-key, dissonant, harsh, jarring, grating, jangling, jangly, strident, shrill, screeching, screechy, cacophonous
sharp, flat
rare absonant, horrisonant

Phrases

strike a discordant note

Appear strange and out of place.
显得古怪，突兀
the chair's modernity struck a discordant note in a room full of eighteenth-century furniture
在满屋子的18世纪家具中，这把充满现代感的椅子很是刺目。
Example sentencesExamples
- However, when you step back a bit and look at the obvious direction that things are going, it does indeed strike a discordant note.
- He was voted Sports Personality of the Year in 1955 but struck a discordant note on screen by using the occasion to slam the media for damaging British sport.
- One bit of political background in the movie struck a discordant note.
- Bunches of peacock feathers in enormous bowls give the room an exotic look - though they strike a discordant note for the animal lover - while a cage of parakeets swings gently in the breeze in the pillared portico below.
- Other than that, however, she has rarely struck a discordant note.
- The article strikes a discordant note precisely because it ignores the pope's counsel.
- In a nation where harmony is the supreme value, no one is willing to strike a discordant note.
- But, once more, her unwillingness to strike a discordant note among those she respects gives the impression of confusion or short-sightedness.
- It wasn't all smooth sailing: a chartreuse box with yellow enamel on an iron channel strikes a discordant note.
- The line does not strike a discordant note, then, as it would if the poem were really diffuse; it is rather a climactic point for which the previous stanzas have been preparing.

Derivatives

discordance

noun dɪˈskɔːd(ə)nsˌdɪsˈkɔrd(ə)ns

To pinpoint this difference, schools have traditionally tested children and measured the discordance between their IQ and their achievement, he said.
Example sentencesExamples
- These videos are accompanied by independently looping soundscapes that create surprising convergences and discordances through their fragmentation, distortion and repetition.
- The overall effect was quite lush, but as you looked more closely there were little discordances.
- The discordance between morphological differentiation and genetic differentiation is an unsolved problem needing explanation in this species.
- This discordance caused misgivings among many of us.

discordancy

noun

In addition, the acceptability of slides as stated by the participants was tabulated according to the discordancy rates for a given cytodiagnostic category.
Example sentencesExamples
- If the aggressive discordancies of bebop music as played by musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker shaped the form of the book, its central idea is that of the ‘dream deferred.’
- The discordancy of this design suggests that the theory involved is very important, and has many serious adherents who wear turtlenecks and smoke a lot.
- In one case, the author writes that: ‘he was traduced, in other words, and his already disputatious, fractious personality was given a further push towards discordancy.’
- Finally, cases that were deemed unacceptable by participants had a higher discordancy rate with respect to diagnostic series than did slides that were deemed acceptable.
- Results for laboratory and individual false-positive discordancy rates were 96% and 86%, respectively.

discordantly

adverb dɪˈskɔːd(ə)ntliˌdɪsˈkɔrd(ə)ntli

Inside the inner workings came a metallic screech of gears clashing discordantly.
Example sentencesExamples
- Supposedly intelligent but extremely short-sighted members of our society shouted discordantly, ‘Houses before horses.’
- Very dimly he could hear men roaring at each other, the cacophony of their voices jarring discordantly against each other.
- Her laughter rises to meet his, blending discordantly, pitch against pitch until I can't take anymore, but they don't stop.
- Somewhat discordantly, he also found that 71% of teenagers expect to be successful.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French descordant, present participle of descorder (see discord).

Rhymes

accordant, concordant, mordant, mordent

Definition of discordant in US English:

discordant

adjectiveˌdɪsˈkɔrd(ə)ntˌdisˈkôrd(ə)nt

1Disagreeing or incongruous.
不一致的；不协调的
the principle of meritocracy is discordant with claims of inherited worth
精英领导的原则和传统价值观的主张有所不同。
Example sentencesExamples
- Is it possible you see the controversy your films always generate and the wildly discordant judgments as a higher compliment to your work than universal praise would be?
- I found a disturbing number of very different crème brûlée recipes out there, calling for widely discordant oven temp, cooking time and quantities of eggs/cream/sugar.
- All the discordant cases in the present study had only one grade difference with histological grading similar to earlier studies.
- The width of the gap has been uncertain, because different preparation methods have yielded discordant results.
- What is perhaps most fascinating about the coming election is that Shrum's trademark populism, which seemed so discordant just two years ago, will suddenly have renewed resonance.
- Indeed, throughout the occupation, the stream of images continues to feel disturbingly discordant with our national identity.
- You might guess that a show selected by six different people would appear discordant, reflecting a clash of outlook and taste.
- The two most highly differentially expressed transcripts in smokers that give discordant results in the mouse models encode secreted proteins.
- On the other hand, if the cues from different senses are discordant, perception can be distorted.
- We hypothesized that variations in the distribution of emphysema would be associated with functional differences and therefore account for discordant physiology.
- I don't see anything in the documents that is discordant with what were the times, what was the situation and what were the people involved.
- It examined the divergent and discordant forces at work in the UK at the time: Scottish, Welsh and English nationalism, as well as the Northern Ireland conflict.
- Unsurprisingly, different scales can lead to discordant results.
- As a consequence, the complex shows discordant evolutionary patterns at different levels of organization.
- He added: ‘The sign looks a discordant and random afterthought which is entirely unsympathetic to the architectural integrity of this attractive building.’
- For me, brunch is food anarchy, a gross and discordant ensemble of absolutely every dish you might ever conceivably eat for breakfast served with others normally reserved for lunch and dinner.
- These techniques allow governments and corporations the freedom to promote ideas that would appear repulsive, discordant or even downright stupid if spoken in plain English.
- Analysis shows that the main reasons behind divorce are discordant personalities, extra-marital affairs, a weak marriage base, or physiological problems with one or other of the couple.
Synonyms
in disagreement, at variance, at odds, disagreeing, differing, divergent, discrepant, contradictory, contrary, in conflict, conflicting, opposite, opposed, opposing, clashing
1. 1.1 Characterized by quarreling and conflict.
  好争吵的，有矛盾的
  a study of children in discordant homes
  对有矛盾家庭孩子的研究。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the early years her Cabinet was argumentative and discordant, a consequence not only of disagreements about economic strategy but also of her argumentative and directive style.
  Consequently, older children have more opportunities to find outside support systems that can help to buffer the deleterious effects of a discordant home.
  Small businesses are becoming more discordant, with disciplinary procedures becoming formalised at an earlier stage and internal disagreements more likely to lead to legal action.
  In April, after an intense and often discordant discussion between policy makers and the teacher training institutes, a new Decree on teacher training was voted in Parliament.
  More formally too there is evidence of how factors such as peer pressure or a discordant home can have long-term consequences that affect learning.
  The country, which at present looks a Babel of discordant voices, is badly in need of a ‘light’ to get out of the darkness that has enveloped the nation.
  Ive come to a shocking realisation that Im in a discordant relationship.
  Take phenomenological psychologists focusing on the subject and behaviourists focusing on objects: They typically do not just write in different journals, they also disagree with each other in discordant ways.
2(of sounds) harsh and jarring because of a lack of harmony.
（声音）刺耳的，不和谐的
bombs, guns, and engines mingled in discordant sound
爆炸声、枪声以及引擎声一片嘈杂，十分刺耳。
Example sentencesExamples
- The sound was awful, each song was a tuneless, discordant dirge.
- Getting a balance between the beauty of the instruments and the harsh discordant vocals seems difficult to achieve.
- His fingers faltered on the piano keys, the discordant sound filling the room.
- The film pieces together unrelated images and discordant sounds to evoke provocative after-images that flow seamlessly into one another.
- She had to play it all by ear, and this tune had some glaringly discordant harmonies.
- The musical voice was now a harsh discordant tone that echoed around him.
- Their songs were too long, and were made up of loops created on the laptop utilising the most unmusical discordant sounds imaginable.
- Abruptly, he struck one of the guitar strings, making a discordant sound.
- He shut his eyes and prepared himself for the discordant sounds.
- It is hard, though, to shake the notion that all of these tiny tremors and discordant sounds do not harbor some degree of chaos ahead.
- Rakael frowned as a harsh, discordant sound echoed in her ears.
- Furthermore, all manner of wind instruments are used to create discordant noises that sound dangerously close to flatulence.
- For the audience, the music is a blend of nontraditional, at times discordant, sound.
- They sing a discordant series of sounds that can be alternately tuneful and rasping.
- Its voice grows harsh, and discordant, sounding more like two people talking at once.
- He stalked out of the apartment and walked to the nearest club, harshly bright and resounding with discordant noise in the still night air.
- The music sounded like the tape was being stretched producing appalling sounds and off-key, discordant, unpleasant noises.
- Close by the inn stood the ancient church, and the shrill, discordant clack of the cracked bell could be distinctly heard in the ballroom.
- Even the moments of drama are fairly subtly presented, with little but an increase in odd sounds and discordant notes to herald them.
- These lights are later accompanied by the discordant noises of machines losing contact with their source and breaking down.
Synonyms
inharmonious, unharmonious, unmelodic, unmusical, tuneless, off-key, dissonant, harsh, jarring, grating, jangling, jangly, strident, shrill, screeching, screechy, cacophonous

Phrases

strike a discordant note

Appear strange and out of place.
显得古怪，突兀
the chair's modernity struck a discordant note in a room full of eighteenth-century furniture
在满屋子的18世纪家具中，这把充满现代感的椅子很是刺目。
Example sentencesExamples
- The article strikes a discordant note precisely because it ignores the pope's counsel.
- Bunches of peacock feathers in enormous bowls give the room an exotic look - though they strike a discordant note for the animal lover - while a cage of parakeets swings gently in the breeze in the pillared portico below.
- One bit of political background in the movie struck a discordant note.
- In a nation where harmony is the supreme value, no one is willing to strike a discordant note.
- But, once more, her unwillingness to strike a discordant note among those she respects gives the impression of confusion or short-sightedness.
- He was voted Sports Personality of the Year in 1955 but struck a discordant note on screen by using the occasion to slam the media for damaging British sport.
- However, when you step back a bit and look at the obvious direction that things are going, it does indeed strike a discordant note.
- It wasn't all smooth sailing: a chartreuse box with yellow enamel on an iron channel strikes a discordant note.
- The line does not strike a discordant note, then, as it would if the poem were really diffuse; it is rather a climactic point for which the previous stanzas have been preparing.
- Other than that, however, she has rarely struck a discordant note.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French descordant, present participle of descorder (see discord).

单词	discordant
释义	Definition of discordant in English: discordant adjective dɪˈskɔːd(ə)ntˌdɪsˈkɔrd(ə)nt 1Disagreeing or incongruous. 不一致的；不协调的 the operative principle of democracy is a balance of discordant qualities Example sentencesExamples Unsurprisingly, different scales can lead to discordant results. You might guess that a show selected by six different people would appear discordant, reflecting a clash of outlook and taste. Is it possible you see the controversy your films always generate and the wildly discordant judgments as a higher compliment to your work than universal praise would be? We hypothesized that variations in the distribution of emphysema would be associated with functional differences and therefore account for discordant physiology. As a consequence, the complex shows discordant evolutionary patterns at different levels of organization. These techniques allow governments and corporations the freedom to promote ideas that would appear repulsive, discordant or even downright stupid if spoken in plain English. For me, brunch is food anarchy, a gross and discordant ensemble of absolutely every dish you might ever conceivably eat for breakfast served with others normally reserved for lunch and dinner. He added: ‘The sign looks a discordant and random afterthought which is entirely unsympathetic to the architectural integrity of this attractive building.’ The two most highly differentially expressed transcripts in smokers that give discordant results in the mouse models encode secreted proteins. I found a disturbing number of very different crème brûlée recipes out there, calling for widely discordant oven temp, cooking time and quantities of eggs/cream/sugar. Analysis shows that the main reasons behind divorce are discordant personalities, extra-marital affairs, a weak marriage base, or physiological problems with one or other of the couple. It examined the divergent and discordant forces at work in the UK at the time: Scottish, Welsh and English nationalism, as well as the Northern Ireland conflict. What is perhaps most fascinating about the coming election is that Shrum's trademark populism, which seemed so discordant just two years ago, will suddenly have renewed resonance. On the other hand, if the cues from different senses are discordant, perception can be distorted. All the discordant cases in the present study had only one grade difference with histological grading similar to earlier studies. I don't see anything in the documents that is discordant with what were the times, what was the situation and what were the people involved. Indeed, throughout the occupation, the stream of images continues to feel disturbingly discordant with our national identity. The width of the gap has been uncertain, because different preparation methods have yielded discordant results. Synonyms in disagreement, at variance, at odds, disagreeing, differing, divergent, discrepant, contradictory, contrary, in conflict, conflicting, opposite, opposed, opposing, clashing incompatible, inconsistent, irreconcilable, inconsonant, incongruous rare oppugnant 1.1 Characterized by conflict. 好争吵的，有矛盾的 a study of children in discordant homes 对有矛盾家庭孩子的研究。 Example sentencesExamples The country, which at present looks a Babel of discordant voices, is badly in need of a ‘light’ to get out of the darkness that has enveloped the nation. Ive come to a shocking realisation that Im in a discordant relationship. In the early years her Cabinet was argumentative and discordant, a consequence not only of disagreements about economic strategy but also of her argumentative and directive style. Take phenomenological psychologists focusing on the subject and behaviourists focusing on objects: They typically do not just write in different journals, they also disagree with each other in discordant ways. Small businesses are becoming more discordant, with disciplinary procedures becoming formalised at an earlier stage and internal disagreements more likely to lead to legal action. Consequently, older children have more opportunities to find outside support systems that can help to buffer the deleterious effects of a discordant home. More formally too there is evidence of how factors such as peer pressure or a discordant home can have long-term consequences that affect learning. In April, after an intense and often discordant discussion between policy makers and the teacher training institutes, a new Decree on teacher training was voted in Parliament. 2(of sounds) harsh and jarring because of a lack of harmony. （声音）刺耳的，不和谐的 the singers continued their discordant chanting Example sentencesExamples She had to play it all by ear, and this tune had some glaringly discordant harmonies. He shut his eyes and prepared himself for the discordant sounds. For the audience, the music is a blend of nontraditional, at times discordant, sound. Furthermore, all manner of wind instruments are used to create discordant noises that sound dangerously close to flatulence. Abruptly, he struck one of the guitar strings, making a discordant sound. Getting a balance between the beauty of the instruments and the harsh discordant vocals seems difficult to achieve. The film pieces together unrelated images and discordant sounds to evoke provocative after-images that flow seamlessly into one another. They sing a discordant series of sounds that can be alternately tuneful and rasping. It is hard, though, to shake the notion that all of these tiny tremors and discordant sounds do not harbor some degree of chaos ahead. His fingers faltered on the piano keys, the discordant sound filling the room. These lights are later accompanied by the discordant noises of machines losing contact with their source and breaking down. Rakael frowned as a harsh, discordant sound echoed in her ears. He stalked out of the apartment and walked to the nearest club, harshly bright and resounding with discordant noise in the still night air. Its voice grows harsh, and discordant, sounding more like two people talking at once. Even the moments of drama are fairly subtly presented, with little but an increase in odd sounds and discordant notes to herald them. Their songs were too long, and were made up of loops created on the laptop utilising the most unmusical discordant sounds imaginable. Close by the inn stood the ancient church, and the shrill, discordant clack of the cracked bell could be distinctly heard in the ballroom. The music sounded like the tape was being stretched producing appalling sounds and off-key, discordant, unpleasant noises. The musical voice was now a harsh discordant tone that echoed around him. The sound was awful, each song was a tuneless, discordant dirge. Synonyms inharmonious, unharmonious, unmelodic, unmusical, tuneless, off-key, dissonant, harsh, jarring, grating, jangling, jangly, strident, shrill, screeching, screechy, cacophonous sharp, flat rare absonant, horrisonant Phrases strike a discordant note Appear strange and out of place. 显得古怪，突兀 the chair's modernity struck a discordant note in a room full of eighteenth-century furniture 在满屋子的18世纪家具中，这把充满现代感的椅子很是刺目。 Example sentencesExamples However, when you step back a bit and look at the obvious direction that things are going, it does indeed strike a discordant note. He was voted Sports Personality of the Year in 1955 but struck a discordant note on screen by using the occasion to slam the media for damaging British sport. One bit of political background in the movie struck a discordant note. Bunches of peacock feathers in enormous bowls give the room an exotic look - though they strike a discordant note for the animal lover - while a cage of parakeets swings gently in the breeze in the pillared portico below. Other than that, however, she has rarely struck a discordant note. The article strikes a discordant note precisely because it ignores the pope's counsel. In a nation where harmony is the supreme value, no one is willing to strike a discordant note. But, once more, her unwillingness to strike a discordant note among those she respects gives the impression of confusion or short-sightedness. It wasn't all smooth sailing: a chartreuse box with yellow enamel on an iron channel strikes a discordant note. The line does not strike a discordant note, then, as it would if the poem were really diffuse; it is rather a climactic point for which the previous stanzas have been preparing. Derivatives discordance noun dɪˈskɔːd(ə)nsˌdɪsˈkɔrd(ə)ns To pinpoint this difference, schools have traditionally tested children and measured the discordance between their IQ and their achievement, he said. Example sentencesExamples These videos are accompanied by independently looping soundscapes that create surprising convergences and discordances through their fragmentation, distortion and repetition. The overall effect was quite lush, but as you looked more closely there were little discordances. The discordance between morphological differentiation and genetic differentiation is an unsolved problem needing explanation in this species. This discordance caused misgivings among many of us. discordancy noun In addition, the acceptability of slides as stated by the participants was tabulated according to the discordancy rates for a given cytodiagnostic category. Example sentencesExamples If the aggressive discordancies of bebop music as played by musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker shaped the form of the book, its central idea is that of the ‘dream deferred.’ The discordancy of this design suggests that the theory involved is very important, and has many serious adherents who wear turtlenecks and smoke a lot. In one case, the author writes that: ‘he was traduced, in other words, and his already disputatious, fractious personality was given a further push towards discordancy.’ Finally, cases that were deemed unacceptable by participants had a higher discordancy rate with respect to diagnostic series than did slides that were deemed acceptable. Results for laboratory and individual false-positive discordancy rates were 96% and 86%, respectively. discordantly adverb dɪˈskɔːd(ə)ntliˌdɪsˈkɔrd(ə)ntli Inside the inner workings came a metallic screech of gears clashing discordantly. Example sentencesExamples Supposedly intelligent but extremely short-sighted members of our society shouted discordantly, ‘Houses before horses.’ Very dimly he could hear men roaring at each other, the cacophony of their voices jarring discordantly against each other. Her laughter rises to meet his, blending discordantly, pitch against pitch until I can't take anymore, but they don't stop. Somewhat discordantly, he also found that 71% of teenagers expect to be successful. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French descordant, present participle of descorder (see discord). Rhymes accordant, concordant, mordant, mordent adj.1 phr. Definition of discordant in US English: discordant adjectiveˌdɪsˈkɔrd(ə)ntˌdisˈkôrd(ə)nt 1Disagreeing or incongruous. 不一致的；不协调的 the principle of meritocracy is discordant with claims of inherited worth 精英领导的原则和传统价值观的主张有所不同。 Example sentencesExamples Is it possible you see the controversy your films always generate and the wildly discordant judgments as a higher compliment to your work than universal praise would be? I found a disturbing number of very different crème brûlée recipes out there, calling for widely discordant oven temp, cooking time and quantities of eggs/cream/sugar. All the discordant cases in the present study had only one grade difference with histological grading similar to earlier studies. The width of the gap has been uncertain, because different preparation methods have yielded discordant results. What is perhaps most fascinating about the coming election is that Shrum's trademark populism, which seemed so discordant just two years ago, will suddenly have renewed resonance. Indeed, throughout the occupation, the stream of images continues to feel disturbingly discordant with our national identity. You might guess that a show selected by six different people would appear discordant, reflecting a clash of outlook and taste. The two most highly differentially expressed transcripts in smokers that give discordant results in the mouse models encode secreted proteins. On the other hand, if the cues from different senses are discordant, perception can be distorted. We hypothesized that variations in the distribution of emphysema would be associated with functional differences and therefore account for discordant physiology. I don't see anything in the documents that is discordant with what were the times, what was the situation and what were the people involved. It examined the divergent and discordant forces at work in the UK at the time: Scottish, Welsh and English nationalism, as well as the Northern Ireland conflict. Unsurprisingly, different scales can lead to discordant results. As a consequence, the complex shows discordant evolutionary patterns at different levels of organization. He added: ‘The sign looks a discordant and random afterthought which is entirely unsympathetic to the architectural integrity of this attractive building.’ For me, brunch is food anarchy, a gross and discordant ensemble of absolutely every dish you might ever conceivably eat for breakfast served with others normally reserved for lunch and dinner. These techniques allow governments and corporations the freedom to promote ideas that would appear repulsive, discordant or even downright stupid if spoken in plain English. Analysis shows that the main reasons behind divorce are discordant personalities, extra-marital affairs, a weak marriage base, or physiological problems with one or other of the couple. Synonyms in disagreement, at variance, at odds, disagreeing, differing, divergent, discrepant, contradictory, contrary, in conflict, conflicting, opposite, opposed, opposing, clashing 1.1 Characterized by quarreling and conflict. 好争吵的，有矛盾的 a study of children in discordant homes 对有矛盾家庭孩子的研究。 Example sentencesExamples In the early years her Cabinet was argumentative and discordant, a consequence not only of disagreements about economic strategy but also of her argumentative and directive style. Consequently, older children have more opportunities to find outside support systems that can help to buffer the deleterious effects of a discordant home. Small businesses are becoming more discordant, with disciplinary procedures becoming formalised at an earlier stage and internal disagreements more likely to lead to legal action. In April, after an intense and often discordant discussion between policy makers and the teacher training institutes, a new Decree on teacher training was voted in Parliament. More formally too there is evidence of how factors such as peer pressure or a discordant home can have long-term consequences that affect learning. The country, which at present looks a Babel of discordant voices, is badly in need of a ‘light’ to get out of the darkness that has enveloped the nation. Ive come to a shocking realisation that Im in a discordant relationship. Take phenomenological psychologists focusing on the subject and behaviourists focusing on objects: They typically do not just write in different journals, they also disagree with each other in discordant ways. 2(of sounds) harsh and jarring because of a lack of harmony. （声音）刺耳的，不和谐的 bombs, guns, and engines mingled in discordant sound 爆炸声、枪声以及引擎声一片嘈杂，十分刺耳。 Example sentencesExamples The sound was awful, each song was a tuneless, discordant dirge. Getting a balance between the beauty of the instruments and the harsh discordant vocals seems difficult to achieve. His fingers faltered on the piano keys, the discordant sound filling the room. The film pieces together unrelated images and discordant sounds to evoke provocative after-images that flow seamlessly into one another. She had to play it all by ear, and this tune had some glaringly discordant harmonies. The musical voice was now a harsh discordant tone that echoed around him. Their songs were too long, and were made up of loops created on the laptop utilising the most unmusical discordant sounds imaginable. Abruptly, he struck one of the guitar strings, making a discordant sound. He shut his eyes and prepared himself for the discordant sounds. It is hard, though, to shake the notion that all of these tiny tremors and discordant sounds do not harbor some degree of chaos ahead. Rakael frowned as a harsh, discordant sound echoed in her ears. Furthermore, all manner of wind instruments are used to create discordant noises that sound dangerously close to flatulence. For the audience, the music is a blend of nontraditional, at times discordant, sound. They sing a discordant series of sounds that can be alternately tuneful and rasping. Its voice grows harsh, and discordant, sounding more like two people talking at once. He stalked out of the apartment and walked to the nearest club, harshly bright and resounding with discordant noise in the still night air. The music sounded like the tape was being stretched producing appalling sounds and off-key, discordant, unpleasant noises. Close by the inn stood the ancient church, and the shrill, discordant clack of the cracked bell could be distinctly heard in the ballroom. Even the moments of drama are fairly subtly presented, with little but an increase in odd sounds and discordant notes to herald them. These lights are later accompanied by the discordant noises of machines losing contact with their source and breaking down. Synonyms inharmonious, unharmonious, unmelodic, unmusical, tuneless, off-key, dissonant, harsh, jarring, grating, jangling, jangly, strident, shrill, screeching, screechy, cacophonous Phrases strike a discordant note Appear strange and out of place. 显得古怪，突兀 the chair's modernity struck a discordant note in a room full of eighteenth-century furniture 在满屋子的18世纪家具中，这把充满现代感的椅子很是刺目。 Example sentencesExamples The article strikes a discordant note precisely because it ignores the pope's counsel. Bunches of peacock feathers in enormous bowls give the room an exotic look - though they strike a discordant note for the animal lover - while a cage of parakeets swings gently in the breeze in the pillared portico below. One bit of political background in the movie struck a discordant note. In a nation where harmony is the supreme value, no one is willing to strike a discordant note. But, once more, her unwillingness to strike a discordant note among those she respects gives the impression of confusion or short-sightedness. He was voted Sports Personality of the Year in 1955 but struck a discordant note on screen by using the occasion to slam the media for damaging British sport. However, when you step back a bit and look at the obvious direction that things are going, it does indeed strike a discordant note. It wasn't all smooth sailing: a chartreuse box with yellow enamel on an iron channel strikes a discordant note. The line does not strike a discordant note, then, as it would if the poem were really diffuse; it is rather a climactic point for which the previous stanzas have been preparing. Other than that, however, she has rarely struck a discordant note. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French descordant, present participle of descorder (see discord). adj.1 phr.
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