discordantly

Examples

• All

• The band played discordantly, leaving the audience confused by the harsh sounds.

• There was something discordantly familiar about the dog barking.

  Fiction book (1998)

• "Bre...el!" Caidrun, running toward them, her heynim jigging discordantly.

  Fiction book (1993)

• "Pasternak halted and peered through an open doorway into a brightly lit, smoky place, where an accordion played and a few people at the tables discordantly sang.

  Fiction book (1993)

• As she walked through the crowded street, the horns and sirens blared discordantly in the background.

Synonyms

I

incongruously

vsdiscordantly

3 7.9

In a way that seems out of place for the situation

focuses on sensory harshness or jarring, not only being out of place

J

jarringly

vsdiscordantly

1 8.2

In a way that shocks and feels out of place

focuses on lack of harmony rather than sudden shock or disturbance

U

unharmoniously

vsdiscordantly

7.8

In a way that sounds or looks bad together

adds a harsh, jarring sensory feeling rather than neutral lack

C

cacophonously

vsdiscordantly

8.9

To make loud, harsh, and unpleasant sounds

is broader, meaning harsh or jarring to senses beyond loud noise

C

clashingly

vsdiscordantly

7.2

In a way that looks or sounds very different and unpleasant together

is about general lack of harmony, not only visual or stylistic contrast

Antonyms

H

harmoniously

2 4.1

In a balanced and pleasing way

How Discordant

cacophonously

8.9

discordantly

1 7.9

unharmoniously

7.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology