dissonant

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As dissonant as these authors and their powerful books might seem, I found value in reading them as a pair.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

The young trio’s minimalist arrangements evoke the clang of downtown post-punk New York, while the new collection’s sly humor and deep well of hooks helped the dissonant turns go down easily.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

But the truth is dissonant, as Stokes pointed out.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025

Experts say that the merger strikes a dissonant chord from a branding perspective too.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024

In simplest terms, the sound waves of consonant notes "fit" together much better than the sound waves of dissonant notes.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones