dissonant
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Gojira frontman Joe Duplantier collaborated with the McCreary brothers and the Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices choir on “Black Box” to create a work of dissonant majesty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
She pairs them with a dissonant rock-pop sound that's equal parts Alanis Morissette and Evanescence - a stylistic choice that initially worked against her.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
The album’s penultimate track, “Actress,” is another eight-minute-plus epic, and its movement between whispered folk and thick, dissonant orchestrations is joyful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
But the truth is dissonant, as Stokes pointed out.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025
From another came a dissonant piping that made the dragon lash his tail wildly from side to side.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing dissonant
The Hunger Games
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A Streetcar Named Desire
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