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dissonant

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle French dissonant.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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dissonant (comparative more dissonant, superlative most dissonant)

  1. (of sounds or music, literal) Exhibiting dissonance; not agreeing; not harmonizing or melodizing.
    Synonyms: discordant; cacophonic, cacophonous
    Antonyms: accordant, concordant, consonant; harmonious; melodious
    Hyponyms: disharmonious, inharmonious; unmelodious
    The music was filled with dissonant chords.
  2. (of ideas, behavior, or social interaction, figurative) Exhibiting dissonance; not agreeing or harmonizing.
    Synonyms: discordant, disharmonious, inharmonious
    Antonyms: accordant, concordant, consonant, harmonious
    Coordinate term: (social) dissident
    • 2024 August 14, Nicole Wolkov, Karolina Hird, Grace Mappes, Davit Gasparyan, George Barros, “Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 14, 2024”, in Ukraine Project, The Institute for the Study of War:
      Alaudinov's framing of himself, and by extension of the Chechen forces under his command, as a capable defensive body is also dissonant with the widespread perception of the efficacy of Chechen forces within the wider Russian information space.

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Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Latin dissonant.

Adjective

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dissonant (plural and definite singular attributive dissonante)

  1. dissonant
    1. (figurative) ambiguous, inharmonious

Inflection

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Inflection of dissonant
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular dissonant 2
indefinite neuter singular dissonant 2
plural dissonante 2
definite attributive1 dissonante

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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Further reading

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French

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. dissonant
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Further reading

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German

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Etymology

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From Latin dissonant.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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dissonant (strong nominative masculine singular dissonanter, comparative dissonanter, superlative am dissonantesten)

  1. dissonant

Declension

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Further reading

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  • dissonant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • dissonant” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Latin

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Verb

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dissonant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of dissonō