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Webster 1913 Edition


Dissonant

Dis′so-nant

,
Adj.
[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.
With clamor of voices
dissonant
and loud.
Longfellow.
2.
Disagreeing; incongruous; discrepant, – with from or to.
“Anything dissonant to truth.”
South.
What can be
dissonant
from reason and nature than that a man, naturally inclined to clemency, should show himself unkind and inhuman?
Hakewill.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dissonant

DISSONANT

,
Adj.
1.
Discordant; harsh; jarring; unharmonious; unpleasant to the ear; as dissonant notes or intervals.
2.
Disagreeing; incongruous; usually with from; as, he advanced propositions very dissonant from truth.

Definition 2024


dissonant

dissonant

English

Adjective

dissonant (comparative more dissonant, superlative most dissonant)

  1. Of or pertaining to dissonance.
    The music was filled with dissonant chords.

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French

Adjective

dissonant m (feminine singular dissonante, masculine plural dissonants, feminine plural dissonantes)

  1. dissonant

German

Etymology

From Latin dissonant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪsoˈnant/
  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

dissonant (comparative dissonanter, superlative am dissonantesten)

  1. dissonant

Declension

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Latin

Verb

dissonant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of dissonō