Dissonance — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dwˈɛlɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/dˈɪsənəns/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˈɪsənəns/

3 syllables Say it as /dwˈɛlɪŋ/.

Examples

modern music is just noise to me

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

noise disagreement dissension racket

Antonyms

agreement harmony

Parts of Speech

noun	a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
noun	the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience “modern music is just noise to me”
noun	disagreeable sounds

Word Forms

disagree	verb	be of different opinions
dissent	verb	be of different opinions
noise	verb	emit a noise
dissonant	adjective	characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved
dissonate	verb	cause to sound harsh and unpleasant

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Dissonanz

ein Konflikt zwischen den Meinungen, Handlungen oder Charakteren von Menschen

🇪🇸Spanish

disonancia

un conflicto de opiniones, acciones o personajes de las personas

🇮🇹Italian

dissonanza

un conflitto di opinioni, azioni o caratteri di persone

🇳🇱Dutch

dissonantie

een conflict van de meningen, acties of karakters van mensen

🇵🇹Portuguese

dissonância

um conflito de opiniões, ações ou personagens das pessoas

🇷🇺Russian

диссонанс

конфликт мнений, действий или характеров людей

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मतभेद

लोगों की राय या कार्यों या चरित्रों का टकराव

🇧🇩Bengali

অসঙ্গতি

মানুষের মতামত বা কর্ম বা চরিত্রের একটি দ্বন্দ্ব

🇮🇳Tamil

முரண்பாடு

மக்களின் கருத்துக்கள் அல்லது செயல்கள் அல்லது பாத்திரங்களின் மோதல்

🇮🇳Telugu

వైరుధ్యం

వ్యక్తుల అభిప్రాయాలు లేదా చర్యలు లేదా పాత్రల సంఘర్షణ

🇮🇳Marathi

विसंगती

लोकांच्या मतांचा किंवा कृतींचा किंवा वर्णांचा संघर्ष

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિસંવાદિતા

લોકોના મંતવ્યો અથવા ક્રિયાઓ અથવા પાત્રોનો સંઘર્ષ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಪಶ್ರುತಿ

ಜನರ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ಕ್ರಿಯೆಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ಪಾತ್ರಗಳ ಸಂಘರ್ಷ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വൈരുദ്ധ്യം

ആളുകളുടെ അഭിപ്രായങ്ങൾ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ പ്രവൃത്തികൾ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കഥാപാത്രങ്ങളുടെ വൈരുദ്ധ്യം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਸਹਿਮਤੀ

ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੇ ਵਿਚਾਰਾਂ ਜਾਂ ਕੰਮਾਂ ਜਾਂ ਪਾਤਰਾਂ ਦਾ ਟਕਰਾਅ

🇵🇰Urdu

اختلاف

لوگوں کی رائے یا اعمال یا کرداروں کا تصادم

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不和谐音

人们的观点、行为或性格之间的冲突

🇯🇵Japanese

不協和音

人々の意見、行動、性格の対立

🇰🇷Korean

불협화음

사람들의 의견, 행동, 성격의 충돌

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự bất hòa

xung đột về ý kiến, hành động hoặc tính cách của mọi người

🇹🇭Thai

ความไม่ลงรอยกัน

ความขัดแย้งของความคิดเห็นหรือการกระทำหรือตัวละครของผู้คน

🇮🇩Indonesian

disonansi

konflik pendapat, tindakan, atau karakter orang

🇵🇭Filipino

disonance

isang salungatan ng mga opinyon o kilos o karakter ng mga tao

🇲🇾Malay

disonansi

konflik pendapat atau tindakan atau watak orang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

التنافر

تضارب آراء الناس أو أفعالهم أو شخصياتهم

🇮🇷Persian

ناهماهنگی

تضاد عقاید یا اعمال یا شخصیت افراد

🇹🇷Turkish

uyumsuzluk

insanların görüşleri, eylemleri veya karakterleri arasındaki çatışma

🇮🇱Hebrew

דִיסוֹנַנס

התנגשות של דעות או פעולות או דמויות של אנשים

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