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单词 dissonant
释义 dis·so·nant
\-sənənt\ adjective
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin dissonant-, dissonans, present participle of dissonare to disagree, be discordant, from dis- dis- (I) + sonare to sound — more at sound
1. : marked by dissonance : discordant
 < clamor of voices dissonant and loud — H.W.Longfellow >
 < on white grounds, at least two shades often dissonant of blue are used together — Women's Wear Daily >
 < held the dissonant factions together and patiently built it into a potent political machine — Time >
2. : incongruous, dissident, discrepant
 < even his discussion of experimental science has touches of medievalism, which are peculiarly dissonant — H.O.Taylor >
3. : disagreeable or unsatisfying in sound
 < the dissonant noises from the badly tuned piano >
specifically : harmonically unresolved — contrasted with consonant
dis·so·nant·ly adverb
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