dissonant

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English

Etymology

From Middle French dissonant.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Latin dissonant.

Adjective

dissonant (plural and definite singular attributive dissonante)

  1. dissonant
    1. (figurative) ambiguous, inharmonious

Inflection

More information positive, comparative ...
Inflection of dissonant
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular dissonant 2
indefinite neuter singular dissonant 2
plural dissonante 2
definite attributive1 dissonante
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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.

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. dissonant

Further reading

German

Etymology

From Latin dissonant.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. dissonant

Declension

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

dissonant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of dissonō

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