Noun: dissonance di-su-nun(t)s
- A conflict of people's opinions, actions or characters
"The dissonance between his words and actions made people distrust him";
- disagreement, dissension, discord
- The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
"modern music is just dissonance to me";
- noise, racket
- Disagreeable sounds
"The dissonance of the out-of-tune piano was painful to hear"
Derived forms: dissonances
Type of: auditory sensation, conflict, disagreement, sound, sound property
Antonym: harmony
Encyclopedia: Dissonance