One entry found for dissonant.

Entry Word: dissonant
Function: adjective
Text: marked by or producing a harsh combination of sounds <a dissonant chorus of noises arose from the busy construction site>
Synonyms discordant, inharmonious, unmelodious, unmusical
Related Words blaring, clanging, clashing, clattering, grating, harsh, jangling, jarring, metallic, raspy, raucous, scratching, screeching, shrill, squeaky, strident; disagreeable, unpleasant, unpleasing; atonal, off-key
Near Antonyms dulcet, euphonious, mellifluous, mellow, melodic, sweet, tuneful; resonant, sonorous; quavering, trilling, warbling; agreeable, appealing, pleasant; cadenced, lilting, lyric, lyrical, rhythmic (or rhythmical); chordal, harmonic, homophonic, orchestral, polyphonic, symphonic, tonal
Antonyms harmonious, harmonizing, melodious, musical