Definition of dissonant Dissonant
/dɪˈsʌnʌnt/ - [disununt] - dis•so•nant
We found 8 definitions of dissonant from 5 different sources.
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What does dissonant mean?
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| dissonant - characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved | ||
| unresolved | ||
| unharmonious, inharmonious lacking in harmony of parts; "an inharmonious (or incongruous) mixture of architectural styles" | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| dissonant - lacking in harmony | ||
| discordant, disharmonious, inharmonic | ||
| unharmonious, inharmonious lacking in harmony of parts; "an inharmonious (or incongruous) mixture of architectural styles" | ||
| dissonant - not in accord; "desires at variance with his duty"; "widely discrepant statements" | ||
| at variance, discrepant | ||
| discordant not in agreement or harmony; "views discordant with present-day ideas" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- dissonant (Adjective)
Of or pertaining to dissonance.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- dissonant (a.)
Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious. - dissonant (a.)
Disagreeing; incongruous; discrepant, -- with from or to.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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dissonant
Disagreeable to the ear.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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dissonant
dis′o-nant, adj. not agreeing or harmonising in sound: without concord or harmony: disagreeing.—n. Diss′onance, disagreement of sound: want of harmony: discord: disagreement: (spec.) a combination of musical sounds which produces beats—also Diss′onancy. [Fr.,—L. dissonans, -antis—dis, apart, sonāre, to sound.]
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