adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
note
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However, for all dominant themes of harmony, within the noisy ambiguity there might also be quieter, discordant notes .
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Yet, to propose the possibility of adoption by such a couple strikes a discordant note .
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Amid all this sylvan glory the notice giving the dentist's working hours struck a discordant note .
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Unfortunately for him, the song of the eye has many discordant notes .
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There is, however, one discordant note .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Strange discordant music emanated from the woods.
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The two experiments gave us discordant results.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In fact it tends to generate some very discordant results.
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The authorities on the issue are discordant .
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Trehub, in Toronto, found that 6-to 9-month-old babies could tell whether a musical sequence was discordant or harmonious.
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Yet, to propose the possibility of adoption by such a couple strikes a discordant note.