dəˈskȯrd ə nt, (ˈ)di|s-, -ȯ(ə)d- adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French discordant, descordant, from Latin discordant-, discordans, present participle of discordare to discord — more at discord
1.
a. : being at variance : disagreeing
views discordant with present-day ideas
: being at variance with each other : inharmonius, antagonistic
the various dissevered and discordant elements of feudal society — W.J.Shepard
: not conforming with : incongruous
the discordant element in the picture was his face, which belied his garb — John Buchan
b. : marked by lack of inner harmony or agreement of its parts
a poetry that … is not only confused and discordant but negative in its emphasis — C.I.Glicksberg
c. : marked by inner discord
a discordant family
: quarrelsome
a discordant , savage people
2. : relating to a discord : dissonant
discordant tones
: harsh , jarring
I heard a horrid discordant cry, something between a bray and a yell — George Borrow
: making inharmonious sounds
a discordant crowd … shouting and laughing — Hugh Walpole
3. : lacking conformity or parallelism of bedding or structure — used of geologic strata
4. of twins : dissimilar in respect to one or more particular characters — compare concordant
• dis·cor·dant·ly adverb
• dis·cor·dant·ness noun -es