dissonant
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French dissonant.
Pronunciation
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editdissonant (comparative more dissonant, superlative most dissonant)
- (of sounds or music, literal) Exhibiting dissonance; not agreeing; not harmonizing or melodizing.
- Synonyms: discordant; cacophonic, cacophonous
- Antonyms: accordant, concordant, consonant; harmonious; melodious
- Hyponyms: disharmonious, inharmonious; unmelodious
- The music was filled with dissonant chords.
- (of ideas, behavior, or social interaction, figurative) Exhibiting dissonance; not agreeing or harmonizing.
- Synonyms: discordant, disharmonious, inharmonious
- Antonyms: accordant, concordant, consonant, harmonious
- Coordinate term: (social) dissident
- 2024 August 14, Nicole Wolkov, Karolina Hird, Grace Mappes, Davit Gasparyan, George Barros, “Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 14, 2024”, in Ukraine Project, The Institute for the Study of War:
- Alaudinov's framing of himself, and by extension of the Chechen forces under his command, as a capable defensive body is also dissonant with the widespread perception of the efficacy of Chechen forces within the wider Russian information space.
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editFrench
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editdissonant (feminine dissonante, masculine plural dissonants, feminine plural dissonantes)
Further reading
edit- “dissonant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
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editdissonant (strong nominative masculine singular dissonanter, comparative dissonanter, superlative am dissonantesten)
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