discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic
(adjective) lacking in harmony
unresolved, dissonant
(adjective) characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dissonant (comparative more dissonant, superlative most dissonant)
Exhibiting dissonance; not agreeing or harmonizing.
• nonsadist
Source: Wiktionary
Dis"so*nant, a. Etym: [L. dissonans, -antis, p. pr. of dissonare to disagree in sound, be discordant; dis- + sonare to sound: cf. F. dissonant. See Sonant.]
1. Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious. With clamor of voices dissonant and loud. Longfellow.
2. Disagreeing; incongruous; discrepfrom or to. "Anything dissonant to truth." South. What can be dissonant from reason and nature than that a man, naturally inclined to clemency, should show himself unkind and inhuman Hakewill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
