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sour note

noun as in discord

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The desert festival Burning Man kicked off Sunday in Nevada on a sour note with the death of a female attendee.

Trump’s 92-minute rant was borne of arrogance, a sour note of indulgence to end what had otherwise been a successful convention.

From Slate

The evening started on a sour note for the Dodgers when ace Tyler Glasnow, who was scheduled to pitch Saturday night, was placed on the 15-day injured list because of right-elbow tendinitis, dealing another blow to the team’s injury-ravaged rotation.

Trump's lawyers had done a pretty good job of dirtying up prosecution witness Michael Cohen over the course of a grueling cross-examination and the prosecution had rested on a bit of a sour note.

From Salon

A superb spring in which he pitched well enough to win the Dodgers’ fifth rotation spot ended on a bit of a sour note for Gavin Stone on Monday night.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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