dissonant

Adjective
Synonyms: unresolveddiscordantdisharmoniousinharmonicat variancediscrepant

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  1. characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolvedSynonyms: unresolved
  2. lacking in harmonySynonyms: discordantdisharmoniousinharmonic
  3. not in accord“desires at variance with his duty”“widely discrepant statements”Synonyms: at variancediscrepant
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]
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