The out of tune piano produced only discordant notes. From LearnThat.org.
Views discordant with present-day ideas. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Deleuzean Kant would describe as a discordant harmony. From Wordnik.com. [Rhyming Sensation in 'Mont Blanc'] Reference
Blue and green have been termed discordant, and in painting they may undoubtedly be made so. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
I also COMPLETELY disagree that Obama's speech was "discordant". From Wordnik.com. [Matalin: With Afghan surge, Obama resembles George W. Bush] Reference
Meanwhile, Peach's poo-colored top is "discordant" with her polka dot skirt. From Wordnik.com. [Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 2 Recap: Size Matters] Reference
I couldn't put my finger on what Postmodern were - possibly some kind of discordant indie. From Wordnik.com. [oatcake Diary Entry] Reference
Director Michael Conforti says Mr. Ando's subtle work brings a visual harmony to these "discordant" older buildings. From Wordnik.com. [Return to 'Guyville'] Reference
If ever any scientific person tells you that two colours are "discordant," make. From Wordnik.com. [The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing] Reference
Comedic value aside, this stage played consistent host to the worst kind of discordant, dithering, poorly-engineered claptrap. From Wordnik.com. [Virtual Festivals] Reference
"discordant" couples, gathered in a wooden bungalow just outside Mumias, 51-year-old Joseph Sitech gives his testimony. From Wordnik.com. [New Statesman] Reference
It fell to Summers to inject a slightly discordant note. From Wordnik.com. [SWFs Seek Acceptance in U.S.] Reference
We need harmony; we have had a chorus of discordant voices. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
By 5 there is just loud talking, babies crying, and discordant music. From Wordnik.com. [Karl Giberson, Ph.D: Mathematics and the Religious Impulse] Reference
Even the discordant clank of the dock-gear is musical in memory's ear. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
Many in the study were not only discordant, but dramatically different. From Wordnik.com. [Born Or Bred?] Reference
Among all these discordant voices, who shall help us to detect the true ring?. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
A nighthawk, wheeling overhead through the rain, sent down her discordant cry. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
Cæsar, like a mighty magician, caused the discordant spirits to act in concert. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
With all this mass of color there were no unpleasant contrasts, no discordant tones. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World] Reference
His music is beautiful, discordant and hauntingly sad, much like "Carrington" itself. From Wordnik.com. [Love, Bloomsbury Style] Reference
If there be, it is impossible that such discordant judgments can be duly and justly given. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
The look was discordant with my self-image: my hair's soft and smooth texture was a constant. From Wordnik.com. [Emily Farache: Hair and Ego: Part Two, Adolescence] Reference
The President's answer seems to strike a discordant tone between reality and self-perception. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Albert: Is America a Christian Nation?] Reference
The move was one of several discordant options notes on a day of gains in the broader market. From Wordnik.com. [Boeing, Coca-Cola Lure Contrarian Options Traders] Reference
Said Lincoln: "Of strange, discordant, even hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds.". From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
"I can't have a bunch of discordant hair-do's in my wedding pictures-it wouldn't be fair to me!". From Wordnik.com. [Battle of the Bulging British Bridesmaids] Reference
Boy, it's a discordant feeling to have the man you're obsessed with get in the way of the obsession. From Wordnik.com. [Assumption] Reference
Voices seesaw off pitch, or a discordant string section will pull unsteadily against the main rhythm. From Wordnik.com. [The Bonnie Prince, Onscreen And In Your Head] Reference
And the notion of tourists 'plotting to gain passports for their unborn babies strikes a discordant note. From Wordnik.com. [More Diapers, Please] Reference
The study found that most of the discordant identical twins were at opposite ends of the Kinsey spectrum. From Wordnik.com. [Born Or Bred?] Reference
Her voice provides the glue, her powerful vocals harmonizing even the most discordant instrumental elements. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
But since abortion has always been couched, quite properly, as an issue of personal privacy, that feels discordant. From Wordnik.com. [The Same People] Reference
Clapton's lumpy, jangled, discordant interpretation is both the most Johnsonian and the most original track by a mile. From Wordnik.com. [Snap Judgement: Music] Reference
There's something essentially discordant in the symbiotic relationship between the armed forces and American democracy. From Wordnik.com. [Dissenters In Uniform] Reference
To the extent that it succeeds, Europe will inevitably become less tolerant of strong discordant cultural strains within. From Wordnik.com. [The New Cultural Nationalism] Reference
Whenever possible, create invigorating rituals for yourself to replenish and rejuvenate the remnants of a discordant day. From Wordnik.com. [Jessica Yorkin: How Country Living Calms Your Conscience] Reference
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