dissonant
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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
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
But the truth is dissonant, as Stokes pointed out.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025
I gathered that the singing part of the rehearsal was over, and before the coach’s dissonant speaking voice could entirely break the spell the children’s singing had cast, I got up and left the church.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
Vocabulary lists containing dissonant
The Hunger Games
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