Dis·cord·ant a.
1. Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious.
The discordant elements out of which the emperor had compounded his realm did not coalesce. --Motley.
2. Mus. Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds.
For still their music seemed to start
Discordant echoes in each heart. --Longfellow.
3. Geol. Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault.
Syn: -- Disagreeing; incongruous; contradictory; repugnant; opposite; contrary; inconsistent; dissonant; harsh; jarring; irreconcilable.
-- Dis*cord*ant*ly, adv. -- Dis*cord*ant*ness, n. [R.]
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