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< dissonancy

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dis·so·nant

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ADJECTIVE:

Harsh and inharmonious in sound; discordant.
Being at variance; disagreeing.
Music Constituting or producing a dissonance.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English dissonaunt, from Old French dissonant, from Latin dissonns, dissonant- present participle of dissonre, to be dissonant : dis-, apart ; see dis- + sonre, to sound; see swen- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
disso·nant·ly(Adverb)

Thesaurus: synonyms for dissonant

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