Dissonant

  • 31dissonant — a. 1. Discordant, unharmonious, harsh, grating, jarring, out of tune. 2. Disagreeing, incongruous, inconsistent, discrepant …

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  • 32dissonant — adj 1. discordant, absonant, inharmonious, unmelodious, tuneless, out of tune; cacophonous, strident, harsh, grating, raucous, jarring, jangling, clashing, screechy, screaky; disagreeable, unpleasant, displeasing. 2. disagreeing, differing,… …

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  • 33dissonant — dis·so·nant …

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  • 34dissonant — See: dissonance …

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  • 35dissonant — /ˈdɪsənənt/ (say disuhnuhnt) adjective 1. disagreeing or harsh in sound; discordant. 2. out of harmony; incongruous; at variance. {Latin dissonans, present participle, disagreeing in sound} –dissonantly, adverb …

  • 36dissonant —   a. discordant; harsh.    ♦ dissonance, n …

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  • 37dissonant — dis|so|nạnt <lateinisch> (misstönend) …

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  • 38dissonant — see SOUND …

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  • 39dissonante — ● dissonant, dissonante adjectif Qui forme un son peu agréable, sans harmonie à l oreille ; discordant : Cris dissonants. Littéraire. Se dit de choses dont le rapprochement produit une impression désagréable : Couleurs dissonantes. En musique, se …

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  • 40dissonance — dissonant ► ADJECTIVE 1) Music sounding harsh or discordant. 2) unsuitable in combination; clashing. DERIVATIVES dissonance noun dissonantly adverb. ORIGIN from Latin dissonare be discordant , from sonare to sound …

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