Dissonant
adjective
Not in agreement or harmony.
They were dissonant voices among the team members
Often appears as...
- dissonant voices
- dissonant elements
adjective
Having a clashing, harsh or unpleasant sound.
The music was intentionally dissonant to create a tense atmosphere
Often appears as...
- dissonant chords
- dissonant music
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Not in agreement or harmony.
They were dissonant voices among the team members
Often appears as...
- dissonant voices
- dissonant elements
adjective
Having a clashing, harsh or unpleasant sound.
The music was intentionally dissonant to create a tense atmosphere
Often appears as...
- dissonant chords
- dissonant music
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Agreement Conflict
Use 'dissonant' to describe opposing ideas or opinions within a group.
Their political views were dissonant, leading to heated debates.
Pro Tip 2/3Harmony Misalignment
'Dissonant' implies a lack of harmony or unity, often creating tension.
The team's goals became dissonant, disrupting their progress.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
While often negative, 'dissonant' can be positive if diversity of thought is valued.
Their dissonant perspectives led to a creative breakthrough.
Pro Tip 1/3Agreement Conflict
Use 'dissonant' to describe opposing ideas or opinions within a group.
Their political views were dissonant, leading to heated debates.
Pro Tip 2/3Harmony Misalignment
'Dissonant' implies a lack of harmony or unity, often creating tension.
The team's goals became dissonant, disrupting their progress.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
While often negative, 'dissonant' can be positive if diversity of thought is valued.
Their dissonant perspectives led to a creative breakthrough.
Pro Tip 1/3Agreement Conflict
Use 'dissonant' to describe opposing ideas or opinions within a group.
Their political views were dissonant, leading to heated debates.
Pro Tip 2/3Harmony Misalignment
'Dissonant' implies a lack of harmony or unity, often creating tension.
The team's goals became dissonant, disrupting their progress.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
While often negative, 'dissonant' can be positive if diversity of thought is valued.
Their dissonant perspectives led to a creative breakthrough.
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ones they'd like to look at beautiful faces rather than playing for faces they like to listen to constant melodies instead of dissonant melodies babies really are born with a lot of innate pleasures it was once a statement made by a psychologist that said that 80% of
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Can you play the sitar?...
prayer violently pop out of tune at the faintest breeze the bridge wears itself down in a matter of weeks transforming your sweet sitar sound into a buzzy dissonant mess and God forbid anything should break on the instrument
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And breaking of glass can indicate the end of a relationship or a friendship. Scientists believe that dissonant sounds,
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The surprising science...
ones they'd like to look at beautiful faces rather than playing for faces they like to listen to constant melodies instead of dissonant melodies babies really are born with a lot of innate pleasures it was once a statement made by a psychologist that said that 80% of
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Can you play the sitar?...
prayer violently pop out of tune at the faintest breeze the bridge wears itself down in a matter of weeks transforming your sweet sitar sound into a buzzy dissonant mess and God forbid anything should break on the instrument
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Everything you hear on...
And breaking of glass can indicate the end of a relationship or a friendship. Scientists believe that dissonant sounds,
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Quote examples
Thundercat
American Musician
I'm a guy where my perfect pitch has been altered by the fact that I usually tune up to what's going on. When I was a kid, it was horrible! If two notes were playing right next to each other, and they were dissonant, it would drive me nuts. If it was something that sounded like it was in between notes, it'd make me cringe.
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Margaret MacMillan
Canadian Historian
The cubism of Braque or Picasso, the dissonant compositions of Schoenberg or Stravinsky, the free-flowing and often erotic choreography of Isadora Duncan and Nijinsky - these were acts of rebellion against the certainties and traditions of the old world.
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Brian Greene
American Physicist
The tantalizing discomfort of perplexity is what inspires otherwise ordinary men and women to extraordinary feats of ingenuity and creativity; nothing quite focuses the mind like dissonant details awaiting harmonious resolution.
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Simon Helberg
American Actor
I own a fart CD. It has, I believe, over 100 fart sounds. A lovely variety, from the up-close and personal to the more experimental and dissonant. Some people prefer to listen to Bach when they go to sleep... not me.
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Alan Price
American Musician
The Animals were a very separate and dissonant group at the time. We came from different backgrounds, different areas - we didn't even come from the same town, basically.
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Elizabeth Diller
Polish Architect
In my thesis, I made an intellectual exercise out of creating a pair of buildings that were a repeat but slightly different - dissonant things make me uncomfortable.
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Todd Haynes
American Director
Looking at photographs of New York in 1952, you find a powerfully pre-Eisenhower era - sagging, tired, distressed - and the palette is slightly dissonant.
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Alfred Jarry
French Writer
It is conventional to call 'monster' any blending of dissonant elements. I call 'monster' every original inexhaustible beauty.
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Petra Haden
American Musician
I wish I finished music school, because then I feel like I could talk more about the dissonant notes.
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Thundercat
American Musician
I'm a guy where my perfect pitch has been altered by the fact that I usually tune up to what's going on. When I was a kid, it was horrible! If two notes were playing right next to each other, and they were dissonant, it would drive me nuts. If it was something that sounded like it was in between notes, it'd make me cringe.
Quote examples
Margaret MacMillan
Canadian Historian
The cubism of Braque or Picasso, the dissonant compositions of Schoenberg or Stravinsky, the free-flowing and often erotic choreography of Isadora Duncan and Nijinsky - these were acts of rebellion against the certainties and traditions of the old world.
Quote examples
Brian Greene
American Physicist
The tantalizing discomfort of perplexity is what inspires otherwise ordinary men and women to extraordinary feats of ingenuity and creativity; nothing quite focuses the mind like dissonant details awaiting harmonious resolution.
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Simon Helberg
American Actor
I own a fart CD. It has, I believe, over 100 fart sounds. A lovely variety, from the up-close and personal to the more experimental and dissonant. Some people prefer to listen to Bach when they go to sleep... not me.
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Alan Price
American Musician
The Animals were a very separate and dissonant group at the time. We came from different backgrounds, different areas - we didn't even come from the same town, basically.
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Elizabeth Diller
Polish Architect
In my thesis, I made an intellectual exercise out of creating a pair of buildings that were a repeat but slightly different - dissonant things make me uncomfortable.
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Todd Haynes
American Director
Looking at photographs of New York in 1952, you find a powerfully pre-Eisenhower era - sagging, tired, distressed - and the palette is slightly dissonant.
Quote examples
Alfred Jarry
French Writer
It is conventional to call 'monster' any blending of dissonant elements. I call 'monster' every original inexhaustible beauty.
Quote examples
Petra Haden
American Musician
I wish I finished music school, because then I feel like I could talk more about the dissonant notes.
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