Synonyms for discord

Grammar : Noun

Spell : noun dis-kawrd; verb dis-kawrd

Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈdɪs kɔrd; verb dɪsˈkɔrd

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Définition of discord

Origin : early 13c., descorde, "unfriendly feeling, ill will;" also "dissention, strife," from Old French descorde (12c.) "disagreement," from Latin discordia, from discors (genitive discordis) "disagreeing, disagreement," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + cor (genitive cordis) "heart" (see heart). Musical sense is late 14c.

noun noise

Example sentences :

I should set jarring a discord in your life for which it was never meant.
Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

At the same time, each successive day of discord increased his anxiety.
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

The greatest good of a State is unity; the greatest evil, discord and distraction.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

Shall we, after the manner of Homer, pray the Muses to tell us 'how discord first arose'?
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

And therefore has neither more nor less of discord, nor yet of harmony?
Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato

Is it not then reasonable that out of agreement should spring concord rather than discord?
Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon

That flag is the signal of European jealousy—the apple of discord.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 » by Various

The discord, I think, is called the wolf note, and it is well named.
Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson

At any other time the sound of his name would have made a discord for her.
Extract from : « The Bondwoman » by Marah Ellis Ryan

The music was discord—every thing she saw was disgusting—in a word, she was miserable.
Extract from : « A Simple Story » by Mrs. Inchbald

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