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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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Dissonant
is always a great word to know.
So is dotted half note. Does it mean:
| note with three counts |
| rest equal in time value to an eighth note |
Example Sentences
- Reading about a dissonant chord doesn't make it sound any sweeter, but repeated hearing certainly does.
- The dissonant chords and primitive rhythms had a still more unnerving effect upon the audience.
- Upending such a value set is too cognitively dissonant for many on both sides of the equation.
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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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