Definitions for: Dissonance

[n] disagreeable sounds
[n] the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"
[n] a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

Webster (1913) Definition: Dis"so*nance, n. [L. dissonantia: cf. F.
dissonance.]
1. A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious
combination of sounds; discord.

Filled the air with barbarous dissonance. --Milton.

2. Want of agreement; incongruity. --Milton.

Synonyms: disagreement, dissension, noise, racket

Antonyms: accord, agreement, harmony

See Also: auditory sensation, cacophony, conflict, discord, discordance, disharmony, disunity, inharmoniousness, sound, sound property, white noise

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