1. A conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
   - disagreement, dissension 
2. The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
   - noise, racket 
3. Disagreeable sounds

Derived forms: dissonances

See also: dissonant, dissonate

Type of: auditory sensation, conflict, sound, sound property

Antonym: harmony

Encyclopedia: Dissonance

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