'Dissonance' definitions:

Definition of 'dissonance'

(from WordNet)
noun
A conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters [syn: disagreement, dissension, dissonance] [ant: accord, agreement]
noun
The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me" [syn: noise, dissonance, racket]
noun
Disagreeable sounds [ant: harmony]

Definition of 'Dissonance'

From: GCIDE
  • Dissonance \Dis"so*nance\, n. [L. dissonantia: cf. F. dissonance.]
  • 1. A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord. [1913 Webster]
  • Filled the air with barbarous dissonance. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Want of agreement; incongruity. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

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