as in shrill
marked by or producing a harsh combination of sounds
a dissonant chorus of noises arose from the busy construction site
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Recent Examples of dissonant
The premiere begins with the usual title card and audio sting of an orchestra tuning up and crescendoing into something dissonant and foreboding.
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 12 May 2024
Their conversations have been more tense than before the war, because of the dissonant perceptions of reality that divide Israelis and Palestinians since the war began, Balaban says.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 14 May 2024
The noise — unsettling and dissonant — has been a constant inside the barricaded pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
And a concurrence by the three liberal Justices adds a dissonant note to what might otherwise have been a moment of rare harmony.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 12 May 2024
Their conversations have been more tense than before the war, because of the dissonant perceptions of reality that divide Israelis and Palestinians since the war began, Balaban says.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 14 May 2024
The noise — unsettling and dissonant — has been a constant inside the barricaded pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
And a concurrence by the three liberal Justices adds a dissonant note to what might otherwise have been a moment of rare harmony.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissonant
Adjective
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The frequency range of the FT1 is wide, but the treble never sounds shrill and the bass never booms or imposes on the mids.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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The shrill blast of the whistle signaled their departure, and the locomotive strained to pull away from the station, making the carriage jolt.Rachel Raposas, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Instead of visiting the range on a noisy, busy Saturday, go after work or to a private range.Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 13 Nov. 2024
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All started with the noisy image on the left above, so all are improvements on the original.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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The two primary action scenes are cacophonous and unexpected, exactly how Homicide always did it.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
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Berger made a cacophonous, confusing mess of the anti-war classic All Quiet on the Western Front back in 2022, and mistook its profound statements about the toll of conflict as an excuse for self-conscious seriousness drenched in bloody sturm-und-drang spectacle.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
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Her pregnancies are painful and unpleasant, especially compared to Lenù’s.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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One way to avoid unpleasant surprises is to keep your restaurant order simple.Sarah Garone, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2024
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That the cast doesn’t really consist of Broadway-ready actors adds that extra discordant note.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024
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After assuming the prime ministership in July, May dismissed potentially discordant ministers and appointed a finely balanced new cabinet.Tim Cullen, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2016
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In particular, the company has beefed up its lifestyle category with unexpected objects, such as a 120-euro sculptural metallic box with scented spheres to hang in closets or cars and 48-euro ceramic pencils to dip into concentrated perfume to make desks and corporate environments more enjoyable.Sandra Salibian, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
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While True opted to wear flat shoes underneath her bodysuit, her mom completed the look with over-the-knee metallic silver high-heel boots.Raven Brunner, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Those songs remind Omara of real people and real events, political interludes whose senselessness and brutality have left unmusical lacunae in her life.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
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His parents were unmusical Russian-Jewish immigrants who ran various businesses with mixed success.The Economist, The Economist, 3 Oct. 2019
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Setting Discordant Personal Goals A 2023 study published in Current Psychology finds that partners’ inharmonious goals can have detrimental effects on relationships.Mark Travers, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
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For sixteen hours a week, Valentine hopes to share some melody in a place that, for some, can feel inharmonious.Washington Post, Washington Post, 24 July 2021
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“Dissonant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissonant. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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