dissonant Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective satellite characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved
unresolved.
adjective satellite lacking in harmony
disharmonious; discordant; inharmonic.
adjective satellite not in accord
at variance; discrepant.
- desires at variance with his duty
- widely discrepant statements

L. dissonans, -antis, p. pr. of dissonare to disagree in sound, be discordant; dis- + sonare to sound: cf. F. dissonant. See Sonant.

Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious.
With clamor of voices dissonant and loud. Longfellow.
Disagreeing; incongruous; discrep, -- with from 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.