dissonant
Use Dissonant in a sentence
ə adjective
1.
disagreeing or harsh in sound; discordant.
2.
out of harmony; incongruous; at variance.
3.
Music. characterized by dissonance.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English dissonaunte (< Anglo-French) < Latin dissonant- (stem of dissonāns, present participle of dissonāre to sound harsh), equivalent to disson- (derivative of dissonus discordant; see dis-1, sound) + -ant- -ant
1400–50; late Middle English dissonaunte (< Anglo-French) < Latin dissonant- (stem of dissonāns, present participle of dissonāre to sound harsh), equivalent to disson- (derivative of dissonus discordant; see dis-1, sound) + -ant- -ant
Related forms
dis·so·nant·ly, adverb
un·dis·so·nant, adjective
un·dis·so·nant·ly, adverb
Synonyms
2. incompatible, incongruent, inconsistent.
2. incompatible, incongruent, inconsistent.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | discordant; cacophonous |
| 2. | incongruous or discrepant |
| 3. | music characterized by dissonance |
| [C15: from Latin dissonāre to be discordant, from | |
| 'dissonantly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
dissonant
late 15c., from L. dissonantem (nom. dissonans), prp. of dissonare "differ in sound," from dis- "apart" + sonare "to sound" (see sound (n.1)).
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Example sentences
Saying it is chromatic or dissonant doesn't give a full sense of it.
The clouds grew denser and more complex and dissonant.
He created a tune that was so dissonant it could not be made into a record.
Reading about a dissonant chord doesn't make it sound any sweeter, but repeated hearing certainly does.
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