Dissonant - English meaning

adjective

Not written in any key or mode.

Usage examples:

Atonal music may be written by obscuring tonal structures or by ignoring conventional harmonies alt…

adjective

Involving or producing a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.

Usage examples:

The cacophonous sound of slot machines

adjective

Disagreeing or incongruous.

Usage examples:

The operative principle of democracy is a balance of discordant qualities

adjective

Producing an unpleasant sound

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Discordant opinions discordant opinions prevail even among good judges., the contemporary dialogue …

adjective

Lacking in harmony or agreement.

Usage examples:

Marriages can become dysfunctional and disharmonious

adjective

Sounding harsh and unpleasant.

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A high, grating voice

noun

A framework of parallel or crossed bars, typically preventing access through an opening while permitting communication or ventilation.

Usage examples:

Suddenly, something thudded against the grating that covered the opening.

verb

Reduce (food) to small shreds by rubbing it on a grater.

Usage examples:

Peel and roughly grate the carrots

adjective

Unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses.

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Drenched in a harsh white neon light

adjective

Unkind or cruel or uncivil

adjective

Unkind or cruel

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Harsh criticism, a harsh winter, harsh lighting

adjective

Not forming or contributing to a pleasing whole; discordant.

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An inharmonious, negative state of mind

adjective

Making an unpleasant musical sound, or not making a pleasant harmony (= the pleasing sound of notes being played or sung together)

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The loud inharmonious wailing continued for hours., i did not find the two voices inharmonious, alt…

adjective

Incongruous in a striking or shocking way; clashing.

Usage examples:

The telephone struck a jarring note in those renaissance surroundings

verb

Send a painful or damaging shock through (something, especially a part of the body).

Usage examples:

He jarred the knee in training

adjective

Different from surrounding or usual things, or disagreeing with others, and therefore surprising or upsetting

Usage examples:

A jarring succession of images, the band took a new, if jarring, approach to this music.

adverb

Singing the wrong notes

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He was singing off-key, and it was painful to hear.

adjective

(of a sound) loud and harsh; grating.

Usage examples:

His voice had become increasingly strident

adjective

Forceful, or very loud

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Strident criticism, a strident voice

adjective

Not pleasing to listen to; unmelodious.

Usage examples:

Tuneless whistling

adjective

Not melodious; discordant.

Usage examples:

An unmelodious chorus of horns

adjective

Not melodious (= pleasant to listen to)

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This bird has a distinctive, shrill, and unmelodious call., it's an understatement to say that his …