Search Result for "dissonance": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters;
[syn: disagreement, dissension, dissonance]

2. the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience;
- Example: "modern music is just noise to me"
[syn: noise, dissonance, racket]

3. disagreeable sounds; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dissonance \Dis"so*nance\, n. [L. dissonantia: cf. F.
   dissonance.]
   1. A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious
      combination of sounds; discord.
      [1913 Webster]

            Filled the air with barbarous dissonance. --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Want of agreement; incongruity. --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dissonance
    n 1: a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
         [syn: disagreement, dissension, dissonance] [ant:
         accord, agreement]
    2: the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality;
       sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern
       music is just noise to me" [syn: noise, dissonance,
       racket]
    3: disagreeable sounds [ant: harmony]