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dissonant

 
Dictionary: dis·so·nant   (dĭs'ə-nənt) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Harsh and inharmonious in sound; discordant.
  2. Being at variance; disagreeing.
  3. 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.

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Thesaurus: dissonant
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adjective

  1. 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.
  2. 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: dissonant
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adj

Definition: different, conflicting
Antonyms: coinciding, compatible, complementary, consonant, similar

adj

Definition: unharmonious
Antonyms: concordant, harmonious


WordNet: dissonant
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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: not musical in nature
  Synonyms: unmusical, nonmusical

Meaning #2: (music) characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved
  Synonym: unresolved

Meaning #3: lacking in harmony
  Synonyms: discordant, disharmonious, inharmonic


 
 
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