Discordant

a.	1.	Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious. The discordant elements out of which the emperor had compounded his realm did not coalesce. - Motley.
	2.	(Mus.) Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds. For still their music seemed to start Discordant echoes in each heart. - Longfellow.
	3.	(Geol.) Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault.

Adj.	1.	discordant - not in agreement or harmony; "views discordant with present-day ideas" Antonyms: accordant - being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with'; "a place perfectly accordant with man's nature"-Thomas Hardy
	2.	discordant - lacking in harmony Synonyms: disharmonious, inharmonic, dissonant

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