dissonant Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Dis"so*nant adjective
Etymology
L. dissonans, -antis, p. pr. of dissonare to disagree in sound, be discordant; dis- + sonare to sound: cf. F. dissonant. See Sonant.
Definitions
  1. Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious.
    With clamor of voices dissonant and loud. Longfellow.
  2. 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.

Webster 1913