dissonance (n.)

  1. a conflict of peoples opinions or actions or characters

    [ Syn: disagreement , dissension ]

  2. the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; modern music is just noise to me

    [ Syn: noise , racket ]

  3. disagreeable sounds

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