Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dissonance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dissonance \Dis"so*nance\, n. [L. dissonantia: cf. F.
dissonance.]
1. A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious
combination of sounds; discord.
Filled the air with barbarous dissonance. --Milton.
2. Want of agreement; incongruity. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dissonance
n 1: a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
[syn: {disagreement}, {dissension}] [ant: {agreement}]
2: the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality;
sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern
music is just noise to me" [syn: {noise}, {racket}]
3: disagreeable sounds [ant: {harmony}]
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