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 dissonant hoover synths seethe like Bernard Herrmann strings — echoing the lyrics’ references to Hitchcock’s Psycho, Vertigo, and Rear Window.
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Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
It was improvised and dissonant and the type of weird that gave everyone goosebumps.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
Marketers need to follow different playbooks for independent, dissonant, and resonant products, tailoring their approaches to green, blue, and gray customers with each.
—Frédéric Dalsace
goutam Challagalla, Harvard Business Review, 17 Apr. 2024
Under creator Christopher Storer’s frenetic, dissonant direction, Season 1 captured the grinding stress of an everyday kitchen on the constant verge of chaos.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 27 June 2024
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Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
It was improvised and dissonant and the type of weird that gave everyone goosebumps.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
Marketers need to follow different playbooks for independent, dissonant, and resonant products, tailoring their approaches to green, blue, and gray customers with each.
—Frédéric Dalsace
goutam Challagalla, Harvard Business Review, 17 Apr. 2024
Under creator Christopher Storer’s frenetic, dissonant direction, Season 1 captured the grinding stress of an everyday kitchen on the constant verge of chaos.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 27 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissonant
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Alecia lets out a shrill whistle and the shadowy figures of our campmates stand up around the fire, applauding.Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 13 Nov. 2024
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Like, watched it all the way through from the shrill opening filled with obnoxious kids to the leadenly staged slapstick climax?Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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His personal airplane, a noisy 727, is banned from takeoff and landing between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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The screen rolls out from underneath the keyboard, with a noisy motor taking a few seconds to turn the device into a laptop with a very tall display.Barry Collins, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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There is a primordial quality to the woods that oscillates between cacophonous forest chatter and eerie silence in the space of a ridge or two.Laura Lancaster, Outdoor Life, 2 Jan. 2025
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Hundreds of revelers roar at once, thrusting homemade torches into the freezing air and banging pans together with cacophonous glee.Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 26 Nov. 2024
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Still, with a budget deficit looming next year and a mayor whose preferred mode of dealing with unpleasant fiscal realities is to hike taxes, revenue grabs like congestion pricing are always on the table.The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
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Another surprise was how unpleasant emotions were often motivating for leaders.Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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The presence of the disruptive once and future President alongside all four of his living predecessors was as discordant as any moment at an American state funeral, with its grand rituals meant to unify and salve, could be.Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
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The moment of levity was discordant with Rose's speech.Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 3 June 2024
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Rhinestone and crystal embellishments and metallic foils help deliver the futuristic vibe.Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Jan. 2025
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The ragged metallic roaring scream of a Boeing 727 ascending eastward, a high-pitched whine building to a thundering roar, fading to a drone.Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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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 18 Jan. 2025.
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