Thesaurus: dissonance
A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord.
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Definitions
- n. A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord.
- n. Want of agreement; incongruity.
- n. a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- n. the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
- n. disagreeable sounds
- 1. A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord. Filled the air with barbarous dissonance. Milton. 2. Want of agreement; incongruity. Milton.
- n:100 n. disagreeable sounds