- 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.