Adjective
dissonant (comparative more dissonant, superlative most dissonant)
- (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.
- (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.
Adjective
dissonant (strong nominative masculine singular dissonanter, comparative dissonanter, superlative am dissonantesten)
- dissonant
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Further reading
- “dissonant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “dissonant” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon