discordant
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Synonyms & Antonyms for discordant
Synonyms
cacophonous, dissonant, inharmonious, unmelodious, unmusical, unvocal
Antonyms
harmonious, harmonizing, melodious, musical
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In the eighties and nineties, young and discordant indie-rock bands were equally shaped by the Stooges’ music. — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, "The Survival of Iggy Pop," 26 Aug. 2019 The Department’s discordant and often-abrasive actions leave one with little alternative but to presume that their Civil Rights division would, if made king, close every last public psychiatric hospital in this country. — John Hirschauer, National Review, "Yes, the U.S. Has a Mental-Health Problem," 6 Aug. 2019 In Graham Costello’s collective, Strata, anything goes—from discordant bashes of the keys to muted strings. — G.k. | Glasgow And Edinburgh, The Economist, "A young Scottish pianist marries folk with jazz," 9 Aug. 2019 At times, the images appeared discordant with the aims of a U.S. government delegation representing the nation's geostrategic interests. — Anchorage Daily News, "Trump family members promote themselves, and businesses, on European trip," 7 June 2019 What has resulted is something much more jagged and discordant than what came before. — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, "Big Little Lies Forgot the Thing That Made It Great," 16 July 2019 His message also is discordant with those coming from Mr. Trump, who has cast the midterms as a test of his first two years in office. — Reid J. Epstein, WSJ, "Behind a GOP Congressman’s Odd Re-Election Strategy," 11 Oct. 2018 The problem is that reality—that same reality Canals spoke about—keeps intruding anyway, and the clash between the show’s ebullient tone and its bleaker scenes can sometimes be a discordant one. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, "Pose Lets In the Light," 12 June 2019 His message also is discordant with those coming from Mr. Trump, who has cast the midterms as a test of his first two years in office. — Reid J. Epstein, WSJ, "Behind a GOP Congressman’s Odd Re-Election Strategy," 11 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'discordant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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