'Dissonant' definitions:
Definition of 'dissonant'
From: WordNet
adjective
Characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved [syn: unresolved, dissonant]
adjective
adjective
Not in accord; "desires at variance with his duty"; "widely discrepant statements" [syn: at variance(p), discrepant, dissonant]
Definition of 'Dissonant'
From: GCIDE
- Dissonant \Dis"so*nant\, a. [L. dissonans, -antis, p. pr. of dissonare to disagree in sound, be discordant; dis- + sonare to sound: cf. F. dissonant. See Sonant.]
- 1. Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious. [1913 Webster]
- With clamor of voices dissonant and loud. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Disagreeing; incongruous; discrepant, -- with from or to. "Anything dissonant to truth." --South. [1913 Webster]
- What can be dissonant from reason and nature than that a man, naturally inclined to clemency, should show himself unkind and inhuman? --Hakewill. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dissonant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absonant,
- antagonistic,
- antipathetic,
- assorted,
- at cross-purposes,
- at loggerheads,
- at odds,
- at variance,
- at war,
- atonal,
- cacophonic,
- cacophonous,
- clashing,
- conflicting,
- contradictory,
- contrary,
- contrasted,
- contrasting,
- cracked,
- cranky,
- cross,
- departing,
- deviating,
- deviative,
- diaphonic,
- different,
- differentiated,
- differing,
- disaccordant,
- disagreeable,
- disagreeing,
- disconsonant,
- discordant,
- discrepant,
- discrete,
- discriminated,
- disharmonic,
- disharmonious,
- disjoined,
- disparate,
- disproportionate,
- dissident,
- dissimilar,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- divergent,
- diverging,
- divers,
- diverse,
- diversified,
- flat,
- grating,
- harsh,
- heterogeneous,
- hoarse,
- hostile,
- immelodious,
- immiscible,
- in disagreement,
- inaccordant,
- incompatible,
- incongruent,
- incongruous,
- inconsistent,
- inconsonant,
- inharmonic,
- inharmonious,
- irreconcilable,
- jangling,
- jarring,
- many,
- motley,
- multifarious,
- musicless,
- negative,
- nonmelodious,
- off,
- off-key,
- off-tone,
- out of accord,
- out of pitch,
- out of tone,
- out of tune,
- out of whack,
- poles apart,
- poles asunder,
- raucous,
- repugnant,
- rude,
- rugged,
- separate,
- separated,
- several,
- sharp,
- shrill,
- sour,
- strident,
- tuneless,
- unconformable,
- uncongenial,
- unequal,
- unharmonious,
- unlike,
- unmelodious,
- unmusical,
- untunable,
- untuned,
- untuneful,
- variant,
- varied,
- variegated,
- various,
- varying,
- widely apart,
- worlds apart