English-Thai Dictionary

dissonant

ADJ ที่ ไม่ กลม กลืนกัน  ที่ ไม่ ประสานกัน  discordant ti-mai-klom-kluen-kan

 

dissonantly

ADJ อย่าง ไม่ กลม กลืนกัน  อย่าง ไม่ ประสานกัน  yang-mai-klom-kluen-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISSONANT

a. 1. Discordant; harsh; jarring; unharmonious; unpleasant to the ear; as dissonant notes or intervals.
2. Disagreeing; incongruous; usually with from; as, he advanced propositions very dissonant from truth.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISSONANT

Dis "so *nant, a. Etym: [L. dissonans, -antis, p. pr. of dissonare to disagree in sound, be discordant; dis- + sonare to sound: cf. F. dissonant. See Sonant. ]

 

1. Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious. With clamor of voices dissonant and loud. Longfellow.

 

2. Disagreeing; incongruous; discrepfrom or to. "Anything dissonant to truth. " South. What can be dissonant from reason and nature than that a man, naturally inclined to clemency, should show himself unkind and inhuman Hakewill.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dissonant

dis so nant |ˈdisənənt ˈdɪsənənt | ▶adjective Music lacking harmony: irregular, dissonant chords. • unsuitable or unusual in combination; clashing: Jackson employs both harmonious and dissonant color choices. DERIVATIVES dis so nant ly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘clashing ’): from Old French, or from Latin dissonant- ‘being discordant or inharmonious, ’ from the verb dissonare, from dis- ‘apart ’ + sonare ‘to sound. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

dissonant

dis |son ¦ant |ˈdɪs (ə )nənt | ▶adjective Music lacking harmony: irregular, dissonant chords. • unsuitable or unusual in combination; clashing: Jackson employs both harmonious and dissonant colour choices. DERIVATIVES dissonantly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘clashing ’): from Old French, or from Latin dissonant- ‘being discordant ’, from the verb dissonare, from dis- ‘apart ’ + sonare ‘to sound ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dissonant

dissonant adjective 1 dissonant sounds: inharmonious, discordant, unmelodious, atonal, off-key, cacophonous. ANTONYMS harmonious. 2 dissonant colors: incongruous, anomalous, clashing, inharmonious; disparate, different, dissimilar. ANTONYMS congruous, complementary.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dissonant

dissonant adjective 1 dissonant sounds: inharmonious, disharmonious, discordant, unmelodious, atonal, tuneless, off-key, cacophonous; harsh, strident, grating, jarring. ANTONYMS harmonious. 2 Jackson employs both harmonious and dissonant colour choices: incongruous, anomalous, irreconcilable, discrepant, disagreeing, clashing; disparate, different, dissimilar, inconsistent, incompatible, contradictory. ANTONYMS harmonious, similar.

 

Duden Dictionary

dissonant

dis so nant Adjektiv |disson a nt |zu lateinisch dissonans (Genitiv: dissonantis ), 1. Partizip von: dissonare, dissonieren 1 Musik Dissonanz aufweisend dissonante Tonfolgen, Akkorde 2 bildungssprachlich unstimmig, unschön dissonant zusammengestellte Farben

 

French Dictionary

dissonant

dissonant , ante adj. adjectif Peu harmonieux. : Des sons dissonants. SYNONYME discordant . Note Orthographique disso n ant.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dissonant

dis so nant /dɪ́s (ə )nənt /形容詞 1 〘楽 〙不協和 (音 )の .2 不調和 [一致 ]の .～ly 副詞