Main Entry: dis·so·nant

Pronunciation: \-nənt\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English dissonaunte, from Latin dissonant-, dissonans, present participle of dissonare to be discordant, from dis- + sonare to sound — more at sound

Date: 15th century

1 : marked by dissonance : discordant
2 : incongruous
3 : harmonically unresolved

— dis·so·nant·ly adverb