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| dis·so·nant [ díssənənt ] |
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1. unpleasant to hear: making or involving a combination of sounds that is unpleasant to listen to
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2. conflicting: incompatible or inconsistent
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formal
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3. music containing unpleasant combination of notes: containing unpleasant combinations of notes that need to be resolved to a consonance
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| [15th century. < Latin dissonant-, present participle of dissonare "be apart in sound" < sonare "to sound"] |
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  dis·so·nant·ly adverb |
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