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1. (adj.) dissonant
disagreeing or harsh in sound; discordant.
2. dissonant
disagreeing or incongruous; at variance.
3. dissonant
harmonically unresolved.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME dissonaunte (< AF) < L dissonant-, s. of dissonāns, prp. of dissonāre to sound harsh)
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1. (adj) unresolved, dissonant
characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved
2. (adj) discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic
lacking in harmony
3. (adj) at variance(p), discrepant, dissonant
not in accord
"desires at variance with his duty"; "widely discrepant statements"
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1. (adj) dissonant
sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious
2. (adj) dissonant
disagreeing; incongruous; discrepant, -- with from or to
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