Associations to the word «Dissonance»

Wiktionary

DISSONANCE, noun. A harsh, discordant combination of sounds
DISSONANCE, noun. (music) conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding
DISSONANCE, noun. A state of disagreement or conflict

Dictionary definition

DISSONANCE, noun. A conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters.
DISSONANCE, noun. The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me".
DISSONANCE, noun. Disagreeable sounds.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats