discordant
Example Sentences
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As applied to religious symbols, Lemon led to a series of fractured decisions from 1984 to 2010 that pleased no one and provided widely discordant direction to lower courts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
A 19th-Century Anglo-Indian journal derided the voices of boys playing women as "discordant", comparing them unfavourably to "howling jackals".
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
Without sense, it could be a myopic rumination on climate change mixed with a treacly buddy comedy, where two opposing temperaments clash into a discordant, aggravating mess.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
Writer-director Michael Shanks plays their discordant musical taste like a minor joke among all the major reasons why their codependent relationship has hit the skids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
Then he placed his front paws on the keyboard and pressed down, creating a discordant chord.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
Vocabulary lists containing discordant
Grade 9, List 4
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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