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adjective

disagreeing or harsh in sound; discordant.

out of harmony; incongruous; at variance.

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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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*

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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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