dissonant
pronunciation
How to pronounce dissonant in British English:
UK ['dɪsənənt]
How to pronounce dissonant in American English:
US [ˈdɪsənənt]
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- Adjective:
- not musical in nature
- characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved
- lacking in harmony
Word Origin
- dissonant
- dissonant: see sound
- dissonant (adj.)
- early 15c., from Middle French dissonant and directly from Latin dissonantem (nominative dissonans), present participle of dissonare "differ in sound," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + sonare "to sound" (see sonata).
Example
- 1. And the war causes what is dissonant to destroy itself .
- 2. You call that dissonant sound music ?
- 3. Technology has been developed that is dissonant to earth ; such technology has polluted earth greatly .
- 4. Dinosaurs were dissonant or toxic to earth and so are their remains .
- 5. All that is harsh and dissonant in my life melts into one sweet harmony-and my adoration spreads wings like a glad bird on its flight across the sea .