Discords

Word DISCORDS
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Definitions and meanings of "Discords"

What do we mean by discords?

Lack of concord, agreement or harmony.

Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.

An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.

Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.

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The word "discords" in example sentences

The lark heralds the dawn, so Romeo must leave her, _ergo_, the lark sings 'out of tune,' his strains are full of 'discords' and ❋ Unknown (1900)

Not Wagner's "discords," his "lack of melody," his "formlessness" and so on hindered an almost instantaneous appreciation of his music, but the "explanations" of the music. ❋ John F. Runciman (1891)

We may be sure that the "discords" of a Beethoven suddenly blared forth would have scared Count Morzin and all his pigtail court. ❋ John F. Runciman (1891)

It is only the preparation, however, of discords which is now less rigorously insisted on; their resolution -- generally by the climbing down of the offending note -- is as necessary as ever if the music is to flow on smoothly. ❋ Samuel Butler (1868)

Clearly, we still have jangling discords that are tearing away at our social fabric. ❋ Russell Bishop (2011)

But we were also touched by the numerous monuments and memorials the French people have dedicated to the World War II Allied heroes who gave their lives to help liberate France -- expressions of gratitude to and respect for the Allied Forces of that war, especially towards Americans, seemingly not in sync with past and recent discords and differences between our two countries. ❋ Dorian De Wind (2010)

Notably, we will gather tomorrow in the same spot where in 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. once dreamed that "we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood." ❋ Deepak Bhargava (2010)

Depending on the shifting signifiers in between our Saturn and our Moon, patterned in proportional harmonies and discords. ❋ Unknown (2009)

With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. ❋ Russell Bishop (2011)

Societal loss creating social discords including sectarian strife is not quantified. ❋ Nake M. Kamrany (2011)

Regional leadership is not a given and it cannot be built on divisions and discords. ❋ Alon Ben-Meir (2012)

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