Characterized by lack of harmony or agreement; producing a harsh or unpleasant sound.
The arguments in the room were loud and very discordant. Everyone was yelling, but nobody was listening. The noise felt bad, like when metal scrapes on metal, making everyone feel uneasy and frustrated.
The twins' voices were discordant as they argued over the last piece of dried mammoth jerky. One wailed about fairness, the other insisted on primal rights. The clash of their sounds made the cave air vibrate with unease, a jarring noise nobody wanted to hear.
The normally quiet burrow was filled with a discordant chorus of chirps and screeches. Baby shrews, hungry and cold, demanded food with a sound that grated on Mother Shrew's nerves. Their tiny voices, uncoordinated and sharp, were a stark contrast to the peaceful hum of the forest outside.
The flock of ducks sounded extremely discordant. Their honks and quacks were a jumbled mess, like a hundred kazoos played by a squirrel on roller skates. It was a terrible, ear-splitting symphony that made nearby cows moo in protest and the farmer wish he'd invested in earplugs instead of more chickens.
The kazoo orchestra's attempt at "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" was a truly discordant mess. One kazoo honked like a startled goose, another buzzed like a trapped fly, and a third just squeaked a mournful, off-key lament. The whole affair produced a sound so unpleasant, even the nearby squirrels covered their ears in despair.
The argument escalated, their voices becoming increasingly discordant. Each shouted insult clashed with the other, a painful noise filling the room. No one could find peace in the harsh, clashing sounds of their disagreement.
The two competing scent profiles in the experimental perfume clashed violently, creating a truly discordant olfactory experience that made my eyes water. One moment it was all basil and pepper, the next, overpowering lilac. It was a mess.
The ancient wind chimes, long neglected, clanged together in the storm. Their usual gentle tinkling was replaced by a discordant jangle, a harsh, grating noise that grated on Elias's nerves as he huddled by the window, the sound mirroring the unease in his gut.
The cat's meows, normally a sweet serenade, became a truly discordant symphony when it discovered the vacuum cleaner. It sounded like a strangled banshee fighting a bagpipe convention, a chaotic blend of terror and pure, unadulterated outrage that echoed through the entire house.
Barnaby's attempt to yodel along with the badger documentary was utterly discordant. The documentary narrator, a stoic badger, emitted a low growl, while Barnaby’s operatic squawks made the soundscape sound like a flock of startled geese attempting a barbershop quartet.
The siblings' argument grew increasingly loud, their voices clashing in a discordant chorus. Each accusation felt like a sharp jab, their usual playful banter replaced by bitter, unpleasant sounds of disagreement, leaving the room tense.
The council's debate devolved quickly, their voices rising in a cacophony. Each member shouted their own agenda, the resulting clamor so discordant it made his teeth ache. No consensus was possible; agreement seemed a distant dream.
The old brass mechanism, long neglected, whirred to life with a discordant shriek. It sounded like grinding metal and a choked gasp, a wholly unpleasant noise that signaled the imminent failure of the perpetual motion device, a failure that had taken years to engineer and even longer to build.
The orchestra's attempt at a soothing lullaby devolved into a cacophony of truly discordant wails; the trombone player had clearly mistaken his instrument for a dying moose, and the harpist was furiously strumming a furious polka, creating a soundscape akin to a badger's dental emergency.
The competitive kazoo orchestra's rendition of "Flight of the Bumblebee" was truly something to behold. Each contestant, determined to out-buzz their rivals, produced a sound so utterly discordant, it made the audience's eyeballs vibrate. One poor soul even managed a note that sounded like a badger gargling marbles.
The quarreling politicians' voices became increasingly discordant. Their pronouncements, once civil, now devolved into a cacophony of mutual recrimination, each statement clashing with the last. No semblance of accord remained; the air vibrated with their bitter, grating disagreement.
The haggard travelers, their provisions depleted, engaged in discordant arguments over the sparse remnants of food. Their voices, frayed by hunger and desperation, clashed like scraping metal, a jarring testament to their fraying camaraderie.
The surveyors argued vehemently, their voices a discordant clamor echoing through the desolate canyon. Each pronouncement, laced with professional animosity, offered a perspective utterly at odds with the others, a jarring testament to their irreconcilable interpretations of the ancient, cryptic cartography.
The cat’s opera debut was a masterclass in the discordant; its caterwauling rendered the delicate sonatas of the string quartet utterly unrecognizable, producing a cacophony so egregious it induced existential angst in even the most stoic patrons.
The septuagenarian opera diva's attempts to duet with her robotic vacuum cleaner proved remarkably discordant, each high-pitched warble clashing violently with the appliance's guttural mechanical grumbles, resulting in a cacophony that made the potted ferns visibly tremble.
Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.