1400–50; late Middle English dissonaunte (<Anglo-French ) <Latin dissonant- (stem of dissonāns, present participle of dissonāre to sound harsh), equivalent to disson- (derivative of dissonus discordant; see dis-1, sound1) + -ant--ant
Such was the case for 2011’s Crack Up, the band’s first album in six years, in which band leader Robin Pecknold introduced dark, dissonant elements to the bands’ previously pleasant, uplifting sound.
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It was something more than harsh and dissonant, and it betrayed no lack of skill.
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Dissonant music that might otherwise be found in a Kubrick film portend to the worst.
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Benedict has made nice to Muslims since that dissonant Islam speech, praying at the Blue Mosque in Istanbul in 2006.
Right Place, Wrong Pope|Matt Beynon Rees|May 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Even Strabo omits some names, because they were too rough and dissonant.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I.|Jacob Bryant
Finally, if the dissonant note is at the same time culminating and repeated, it has seven degrees of intensity.
Delsarte System of Oratory|Various
A few abrupt, dissonant discords would, invariably, send them scurrying to their holes.
The Dawn of Reason|James Weir
Merton Gill stared in amazement at these phenomena so dissonant with the quiet starlit night.
Merton of the Movies|Harry Leon Wilson
There are no perfect chords, dissonant chords or false chords.
Musical Memories|Camille Saint-Sans
British Dictionary definitions for dissonant
dissonant
/ (ˈdɪsənənt) /
adjective
discordant; cacophonous
incongruous or discrepant
musiccharacterized by dissonance
Derived forms of dissonant
dissonantly, adverb
Word Origin for dissonant
C15: from Latin dissonāre to be discordant, from dis-1 + sonāre to sound