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ADJECTIVE (3)

1. characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved;
[syn: unresolved, dissonant]

2. lacking in harmony;
[syn: discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic]

3. not in accord;
- Example: "desires at variance with his duty"
- Example: "widely discrepant statements"
[syn: at variance(p), discrepant, dissonant]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dissonant \Dis"so*nant\, a. [L. dissonans, -antis, p. pr. of dissonare to disagree in sound, be discordant; dis- + sonare to sound: cf. F. dissonant. See Sonant.] 1. Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious. [1913 Webster] With clamor of voices dissonant and loud. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] 2. Disagreeing; incongruous; discrepant, -- with from or to. "Anything dissonant to truth." --South. [1913 Webster] What can be dissonant from reason and nature than that a man, naturally inclined to clemency, should show himself unkind and inhuman? --Hakewill. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dissonant adj 1: characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved [syn: unresolved, dissonant] 2: lacking in harmony [syn: discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic] 3: not in accord; "desires at variance with his duty"; "widely discrepant statements" [syn: at variance(p), discrepant, dissonant]