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A noise made in the throat. Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble. Mrs. Gore.

Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.

s. Many species are known. They are arboreal in their habits, and are noted for the loud, discordant howling in which they indulge at night.

Inharmonious; unmusical; discordant. Bacon.

Not accordant; discordant.

Not concinnous; unsuitable; discordant. [Obs.] Cudworth.

Not consistent; showing inconsistency; irreconcilable; discordant; at variance, esp. as regards character, sentiment, or action; incompatible; incongruous; contradictory.

Not consonant or agreeing; inconsistent; discordant. -- In*con"so*nant*ly, adv.

Not harmonic; inharmonious; discordant; dissonant.

Not harmonious; unmusical; discordant; dissonant. Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh. Cowper.

To make a dissonant, discordant noise one with another; to talk or chatter noisily. [R.] Daniel.

To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.

Producing discordant sounds. "A jangling noise." Milton.

To give forth a rudely quivering or tremulous sound; to sound harshly or discordantly; as, the notes jarred on my ears. When such strings jar, what hope of harmony Shak. A string may jar in the best master's hand. Roscommon.

To emit a harsh or discordant sound. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Shaking; disturbing; discordant. "A jarring sound." Dryden.

In a jarring or discordant manner.

Composed of different or various parts; heterogeneously made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as, motley style. Byron.

orms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension.

e; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like. The ethereal vigor is in all the same. Dryden.