- At variance - Jarring (sounds) - Off key - Scratchy - Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing;
opposing; not harmonious. - Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh;
jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds. - Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of
bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault.
- With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction
to performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or
Decresc.), or indicated by the sign.
- Aslant - Implied - Slanting - Sloping - Sloping, aslant - Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at
right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined. - Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence,
disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.