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discord noun. ME.
[Old French descord, dis- (mod. discord(e)), formed as DISCORD verb.]
Disagreement between persons; dissension, strife. ME.
APPLE of discord.
Shakespeare 1 Henry VI An age of discord and continual strife.
Lack of agreement between things; difference, incongruity. LME.
R. Macaulay This makes a discord in the mind, the happiness and the guilt..pulling in opposite directions.
Music. Lack of harmony between notes sounded together, dissonance; a chord, interval, or note producing this, spec. any interval except the unison, octave, perfect fifth and fourth, major and minor third and sixth, and their octave. Cf. CONCORD noun1 2b. LME.
A clashing of sounds, a confused noise; a harsh or unpleasing sound. L16.
di'scordful adjective (rare) full of discord, quarrelsome L16.
discordous adjective (long rare) discordant L16.