dissonance

Plural: dissonances

Noun

• 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
• disagreeable sounds
• A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.
• Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding.
• A state of disagreement or conflict.
• An instance of that state.

Synonyms

disagreement, dissension, noise, racket, altercation, argument, argy-bargy, barney, bawl out, blue, bobbery, brawl, cacophony, clash, conflict, controversy, debate, difference, ding-dong, discord, discordance, disharmony, disjunction, disputation, dispute, dissonance, disunion, dustup, face-off, falling out, feud, fight, flite, hassle, quarrel, quibble, row, spat, squabble, tangle, threap, tiff, wrangle

Antonyms

agreement, harmony, ;, concord, concordance, consonance

Related Words

assonance, sonic, sonorous, sound