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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: cacophony
Antonyms: consonance, concordance, concord
noun
Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A state of disagreement or conflict.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: discordance, discord, disharmony, disjunction, dispute, argument, argy-bargy, altercation, contention, barney, bawl out, blue, bobbery, brawl, clash, conflict, controversy, debate, difference, ding-dong, disagreement, disputation, dissonance, disunion, dustup, face-off, falling out, feud, fight, flite, hassle, issue, palaver, quarrel, quibble, row, spat, squabble, tangle, threap, tiff, wrangle
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An instance of that state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: clash, dispute, argument, argy-bargy, altercation, contention, barney, bawl out, blue, bobbery, brawl, conflict, controversy, debate, difference, ding-dong, disagreement, discordance, disharmony, disputation, dissonance, disunion, dustup, face-off, falling out, feud, fight, flite, hassle, issue, palaver, quarrel, quibble, row, spat, squabble, tangle, threap, tiff, wrangle
Antonyms: none provided
noun
disagreeable sounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: harmony
Broader terms: sound property
Narrower terms: discordance, discord, disharmony, inharmoniousness, cacophony
noun
the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: noise, racket
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound, auditory sensation
noun
a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: disagreement, dissension
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conflict
Narrower terms: disunity, divide
History
Borrowed from Middle French dissonance, from Latin dissonantia; by surface analysis, dis- + son- + -ance.
Across languages
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
