Synonyms and Antonyms of discordant
1
marked by or producing a harsh combination of sounds
- discordant tones coming from the poorly tuned instrument
blaring, clanging, clangorous, clashing, clattering, dinning, grating, harsh, jangling, jangly, jarring, metallic, noisy, raspy, raucous, scratching, screeching, shrill, squeaky, strident
disagreeable, unpleasant, unpleasing
atonal, off-key, tuneless
resounding, sonorous
clamorous, uproarious
dulcet, euphonious, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellow, melodic, sweet, tuneful
resonant, sonorous
quavering, trilling, warbling
agreeable, appealing, pleasant
cadenced, lilting, lyric, lyrical, rhythmic (or rhythmical)
chordal, harmonic, homophonic, orchestral, polyphonic (or polyphonous), symphonic, symphonious, tonal
calm, hushed
noiseless, quiet, silent, soundless, still
2
making loud, confused, and usually unharmonious sounds
- the discordant cries of gulls fighting over the fishing boat's castoffs
cacophonous, dissonant
resounding, sonorous
clamorous, uproarious
blatant, obstreperous, strident, vociferous
blaring, booming, brassy, brazen, clanging, earsplitting, jangly
3
feeling or displaying eagerness to fight
- a troubled, discordant family that would benefit from professional counseling
aggressive, agonistic, argumentative, assaultive, bellicose, belligerent, brawly, chippy, combative, confrontational, contentious, disputatious, feisty, gladiatorial, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent, warlike
antagonistic, fierce, hostile, hot-tempered
acidic, bearish, bilious, bristly, choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, disagreeable, dyspeptic, fractious, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, huffy, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, ornery, peevish, pettish, petulant, prickly, querulous, rude, snappish, snappy, stroppy [British], surly,
