About The Word Dissonant
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Dissonant
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What's The Definition Of Dissonant?
[adj] lacking in harmony
[adj] (music) characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved [adj] not musical in nature; "the unmusical cry of the bluejay" Synonyms | Synonyms for Dissonant: discordant | disharmonious | inharmonic | inharmonious | nonmusical | unharmonious | unmusical | unresolved Related Terms | Find terms related to Dissonant: absonant | antagonistic | antipathetic | assorted | at cross-purposes | at loggerheads | at odds | at variance | at war | atonal | cacophonic | cacophonous | clashing | conflicting | contradictory | contrary | contrasted | contrasting | cracked | cranky | cross | departing | deviating | deviative | diaphonic | different | differentiated | differing | disaccordant | disagreeable | disagreeing | disconsonant | discordant | discrepant | discrete | discriminated | disharmonic | disharmonious | disjoined | disparate | disproportionate | dissident | dissimilar | distinct | distinguished | divergent | diverging | divers | diverse | diversified | flat | grating | harsh | heterogeneous | hoarse | hostile | immelodious | immiscible | in disagreement | inaccordant | incompatible | incongruent | incongruous | inconsistent | inconsonant | inharmonic | inharmonious | irreconcilable | jangling | jarring | many | motley | multifarious | musicless | negative | nonmelodious | off | off-key | off-tone | out of accord | out of pitch | out of tone | out of tune | out of whack | poles apart | poles asunder | raucous | repugnant | rude | rugged | separate | separated | several | sharp | shrill | sour | strident | tuneless | unconformable | uncongenial | unequal | unharmonious | unlike | unmelodious | unmusical | untunable | untuned | untuneful | variant | varied | variegated | various | varying | widely apart | worlds apart See Also | Dissonant In Webster's Dictionary \Dis"so*nant\, a. [L. dissonans, -antis, p. pr. of
dissonare to disagree in sound, be discordant; dis- + sonare
to sound: cf. F. dissonant. See {Sonant}.]
1. Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious.
With clamor of voices dissonant and loud.
--Longfellow.
2. Disagreeing; incongruous; discrepant, -- with from or to.
``Anything dissonant to truth.'' --South.
What can be dissonant from reason and nature than
that a man, naturally inclined to clemency, should
show himself unkind and inhuman? --Hakewill.
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