discord
noun
lack of concord or harmony between persons or things.
Example Sentences
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The musical still dwells on their intergenerational and intersectional discords — albeit this time with upbeat numbers, disco balls and dance breaks in the multipurpose room of their local Jewish Community Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2023
Do you arbitrate these touchy discords between cohabitants on a frequent basis?
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2020
Author Christopher Caldwell traces the origins of today’s deep discords to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 24, 2020
Rather worryingly, musically speaking, the queasiest stuff – the discords and the lurching, seasick strings – are reserved for the obsessive music fan, rather than, say, the murderer.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2010
They used harmony as an additional layer of subtlety and effect, even by using discords to intensify the meaning of texts conveying suffering, loss or anguish.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
