dissonant
/ˈdɪsənənt/
dissonant adjective: exhibiting dissonance; not agreeing; not harmonizing or melodizing.
Adjective
dissonant (comparative more dissonant, superlative most dissonant)
- Exhibiting dissonance; not agreeing; not harmonizing or melodizing.
- The music was filled with dissonant chords.
- Synonyms:
- discordant, cacophonic, cacophonous
- Antonyms:
- accordant, concordant, consonant, harmonious, melodious
- Exhibiting dissonance; not agreeing or harmonizing.
- 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.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...
- Synonyms:
- discordant, disharmonious, inharmonious
- Antonyms:
- accordant, concordant, consonant, harmonious
dissonant meaning in Urdu and Malayalam
dissonant in Urdu
- ناساز
dissonant in Malayalam
- discordant, inharmonious, unmelodious
- അപസ്വരമായ, സ്വരച്ചേർച്ചയില്ലാത്ത, ശ്രുതിചേരാത്ത, അപശ്രുതിയുള്ള, രേപ, സ്വരെെക്യമില്ലാത്ത
- anomalous, incongruous, clashing
- പൊരുത്തപ്പെടാത്ത, അസംഗതം, വിരുദ്ധം, അസദൃശ, അനനുരൂപമായ, പരസ്പരവിരുദ്ധമായ
Synonyms of dissonant
Antonyms
Forms of dissonant
| comparative | more dissonant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most dissonant |
Origin of dissonant
From Middle French dissonant.
Words formed from dissonant
Questions about dissonant
- What does dissonant mean?
- Dissonant means exhibiting dissonance; not agreeing; not harmonizing or melodizing.
- What is dissonant in Urdu?
- Dissonant in Urdu is ناساز. See Dissonant meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is dissonant?
- Dissonant is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce dissonant?
- Dissonant is pronounced /ˈdɪsənənt/ (UK).
Words near dissonant in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dissonant (page history and authors); dissonant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dissonant (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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