Discord

//ˈdɪskɔɹd// name, noun, verb, slang

name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord. countable, uncountable

    "A false witnesse that speaketh lies; and him that soweth discord among brethren."

  2. 2
    A Discord server. informal

    "“I definitely looked at that [the FSU Holy Trinity Discord server] and I looked at other Discord servers that I made in the past. I wanted to see what channels worked. … But by looking at other FSU Discords on campus, I was able to get inspiration from that,” she [Sarah Sagan] said."

  3. 3
    strife resulting from a lack of agreement wordnet
  4. 4
    Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A Discord account. informal

    "Most days, she falls asleep with her Discord on; while some days, she barely even sleeps at all."

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  1. 6
    a harsh mixture of sounds wordnet
  2. 7
    Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds. countable, uncountable

    "[…] For a Diſcord it ſelfe is but a Harſhneſſe of Diuers Sounds Meeting."

  3. 8
    disagreement among those expected to cooperate wordnet
  4. 9
    An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    lack of agreement or harmony wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To disagree; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash. archaic, intransitive

    "[…] Sometimes the one Iarring and diſcording with the other, and making a Confuſion; […]"

  2. 2
    To untie things which are connected by a cord. rare, transitive
  3. 3
    be different from one another wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An instant messaging and VoIP social platform which allows communication through voice calls, video calls, text messaging, and media. Internet

Synonyms

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disagreediscordanceanimosityantagonismantipathyargumentation

Example

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"Finally, the discord between them came to an end."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

From dis- + cord (“tie, bind”).

Etymology 3

See discord. Jason Citron, developer: “We picked the name because […] it just sounds cool and has to do with talking. […] [It] is easy to say, spell, remember, […] available for ™, and has a website you can get. […] we fell in love with the name”.

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