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dissonant

dis.so.nant \-n*nt\ aj [MF or L; MF, fr. L dissonant-, dissonans, prp. of 
   dissonare]to be discordant, fr. dis- + sonare to sound - more at SOUND 1: 
   marked by dissonance : DISCORDANT  2: INCONGRUOUS  3: harmonically 
   unresolved  - dis.so.nant.ly av