discord
Plural: discords
Noun
- lack of agreement or harmony
- disagreement among those expected to cooperate
- a harsh mixture of sounds
- strife resulting from a lack of agreement
- Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord.
- Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
- Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.
- An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
Verb
Verb Forms: discorded, discording, discords
- To be in disagreement or lack harmony.
- be different from one another
- To disagree; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
- To untie things which are connected by a cord.
Examples
- The players would often discord over the validity of obscure words.
Origin / Etymology
Circa 1230, Middle English descorde, discorde; from Anglo-Norman, Old French descort (derivative of descorder), descorde (“disagreement”); from Latin discordia, from discors (“disagreeing, disagreement”), from dis- (“apart”) + cor, cordis (“heart”).
Verb derives from Middle English discorden, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descorder, from Latin discordāre, from discord-, as above.
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Scrabble Score: 11
discord: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddiscord: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
discord: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary