discord
noun
lack of concord or harmony between persons or things.
discording
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present participleof discord.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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And if rain be evil and distemperate in its qualities, and discording to place and time, it is grievous and noyful to many things.
From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Robert Steele
Thou shalt them ken by their discording notes, Their weeds are plain, such as poor shepherds wear; Unshapen, torn, and ragged are their coats, Yet forth they wand'ring are devoid of fear.
From Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris by Martha Foote Crow
A discording voice and an inordinate troubleth the accord of many voices.
From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Robert Steele
Mrs. Pettigrew's screams were almost drowned in the discording crash and crackle of the falling avalanche of crockery.
From The Wouldbegoods by E. (Edith) Nesbit
He mixes public and private business, the intricacies of discording life with his religion and devotion.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
