discord
discord is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire. Burke.
- 2.(Mus.) Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord. For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds mBacon. Apple of discord. See under Apple.
- 3.To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit. [Obs.] The one discording with the other. Bacon.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absonant
- against
- alienate
- alienation
- and
- animosity
- arms
- bad
- bear
- bitterness
- but
- cacophonous
- cacophony
- caterwauling
- cleavers
- cold
- concert
- cool
- disaffected
- discordance
- discordant
- dislike
- dissonance
- dissonant
- drawn
- enmity
- estrange
- estrangement
- fall
- friendly
- harden
- harmony
- harsh
- harshly
- harshness
- hate
- heart
- heartburning
- hearted
- hold
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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