a. | 1. | Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious. |
2. | Disagreeing; incongruous; discrepant, - with from or to. |
Adj. | 1. | dissonant - not musical in nature; "the unmusical cry of the bluejay" Synonyms: nonmusical, unmusical |
2. | dissonant - characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved Synonyms: unresolved | |
3. | dissonant - lacking in harmony |