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dissonant
[
dis
-
uh
-n
uh
nt
]
Example Sentences
Origin
dis·so·nant
/
ˈdɪs
ə
nənt
/
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[
dis
-
uh
-n
uh
nt
]
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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
Related forms
dis·so·nant·ly,
adverb
un·dis·so·nant,
adjective
un·dis·so·nant·ly,
adverb
Synonyms
2.
incompatible, incongruent, inconsistent.
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chord of three tones, one consisting of a given tone with its major or minor third augmented
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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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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.
He created a tune that was so
dissonant
it could not be made into a record.
Much of the music is chromatic, mildly
dissonant
and strikingly lacking in aggression.
In reality, they were indulging in selective ignorance, as they explained away
dissonant
facts and contradictory data.
Ambition seemed to clash with ambience, producing a
dissonant
muddleThe little.
Saying it is chromatic or
dissonant
doesn't give a full sense of it.
We must open our discourse to
dissonant
voices, both to combat prejudice and to enrich our lives.
But as the context for a workout, resortlike luxury seems slightly
dissonant
.
But consider how
dissonant
the first part is: open source and cellphone.
Faurer was taking quiet measure of the seemingly
dissonant
on city streets.
As jolting and
dissonant
as the songs were, they were also carefully shaped.
Part of my interest in the case is watching how the academic establishment treats novel ideas and
dissonant
voices.
The one harshly
dissonant
note is an attack by white skinheads on a young black woman trapped in a telephone booth.
It was loud, raucous, occasionally
dissonant
and frequently stirring.
The clouds grew denser and more complex and
dissonant
.
The five killings serve as
dissonant
variations on that.
The work's first movement proceeds from a series of bracingly harsh full-ensemble bursts and plies generally
dissonant
waters.
And they will only grow louder and more
dissonant
in the weeks and months to come.
Denk conveyed the dense,
dissonant
power of the music's convoluted outbursts.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
dissonant
(ˈdɪsənənt)
—
adj
1.
discordant; cacophonous
2.
incongruous or discrepant
3.
music
characterized by dissonance
[C15: from Latin
dissonāre
to be discordant, from
dis-
1
+
sonāre
to sound]
'dissonantly
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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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)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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