dissonances
Notes that clash
Dissonances is the plural of dissonance—instances of harsh, clashing sounds or fundamental disagreement.
In music, dissonances are combinations of notes that create tension, often resolving into harmony: The composer used sharp dissonances to unsettle the listener.
More broadly, dissonances are conflicts or inconsistencies between ideas, values, or elements: The dissonances between his words and actions were impossible to ignore.
Striking with discord
- discordLack of agreement
- atonalityAbsence of key signature
- tensionStretched or strained state
- intervalsGaps between events
chords · tritones · jarring · cacophony · unresolved · harmonics · discordant · semitones
Disturbingly incongruous
- incongruityLack of harmony
- mismatchIncompatible combination
- clashingStriking with discord
- discordantLacking musical agreement
incompatibility · juxtaposition · imbalance · asymmetry · unsettling · visual · stylistic · tonal
Failures to concur
- clashesViolent encounters or disagreements
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
- tensionsStates of strained relations
- discordLack of agreement
incompatibilities · contradictions · disputes · rifts · divisions · strife · antagonisms · oppositions
Failures to align
- contradictionsLogically incompatible assertions
- incongruitiesThings lacking harmony together
- conflictingIncompatible with each other
- beliefsAccepted truths, personal
rationalization · discomfort · tension · psychology · mismatches · reconciling · justification · denial
clashing
Striking with discord
intervals · chords · tritones · jarring · cacophony · unresolved · harmonics · discordant · semitones · clusters
jarring
Disturbingly incongruous
- incongruityLack of harmony
- mismatchIncompatible combination
- clashingStriking with discord
discordant · incompatibility · juxtaposition · imbalance · asymmetry · unsettling · visual · stylistic · tonal · contrast
disagreements
Failures to concur
- clashesViolent encounters or disagreements
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
- tensionsStates of strained relations
discord · incompatibilities · contradictions · disputes · rifts · divisions · strife · antagonisms · oppositions · schisms
inconsistencies
Failures to align
- contradictionsLogically incompatible assertions
- incongruitiesThings lacking harmony together
- conflictingIncompatible with each other
beliefs · rationalization · discomfort · tension · psychology · mismatches · reconciling · justification · denial · bias
dissonancesconsonances
Agreeable sound combinations
harmonies · concords · melodiousness · tunefulness · harmonics
dissonancesharmonies
Pleasing combined pitches
agreements · concordances · consonances · accords · compatibilities
dissonancescoherences
States of logical unity
consistencies · unities · congruences · conformities · homogeneities
- cognitive dissonanceDiscomfort from contradictory beliefs
- moral dissonanceTension between competing values