dissonant
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dis·so·nant
(dĭs'ə-nənt) 
adj.
adj.
- Harsh and inharmonious in sound; discordant.
- Being at variance; disagreeing.
- Music. Constituting or producing a dissonance.
[Middle English dissonaunt, from Old French dissonant, from Latin dissonāns, dissonant-, present participle of dissonāre, to be dissonant : dis-, apart; see dis- + sonāre, to sound.]
dissonantly dis'so·nant·ly adv.Roget's Thesaurus:
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dissonant
adjective
- Characterized by unpleasant discordance of sound: cacophonous, discordant, disharmonious, inharmonic, inharmonious, rude, unharmonious, unmusical. See agree/disagree, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.
- Made up of parts or qualities that are disparate or otherwise markedly lacking in consistency: discordant, discrepant, incompatible, incongruent, incongruous, inconsistent. See agree/disagree.
Antonyms by Answers.com:
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dissonant
adj
Definition: different, conflicting
Antonyms: coinciding, compatible, complementary, consonant, similar
adj
Definition: unharmonious
Antonyms: concordant, harmonious
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