dissonantly
In jarring fashion
In a manner that clashes or lacks harmony.
Music played dissonantly grates against conventional expectations of pleasing sound.
The term extends to any jarring combination: The cheerful music played dissonantly against the film's dark imagery.
Ideas or elements that don't fit together may be described as combining dissonantly.
Striking with discord
- jarringDisturbingly incongruous
- contradictoryLogically opposed to itself
- conflictingIncompatible with each other
- mismatchedNot fitting together properly
anomalous · disparate · incompatible · irreconcilable · discrepant · inconsistent · paradoxically · unexpectedly
Rough enough to erode
- raucousLoud and disorderly
- jarringDisturbingly incongruous
- earsplittingExtremely, painfully loud
- screechingMaking harsh high sounds
blaring · grating · raspy · gruff · hoarse · rough · shrill · stridently
Wrong pitch, musically
- out-of-tuneWrong in pitch
- unmelodiousWithout pleasant sound
- disharmonicLacking consonance or agreement
- inharmoniousLacking pleasing agreement
strident · grating · screeching · piercing · sharp · flat · discordant · unresolved
clashing
Striking with discord
- jarringDisturbingly incongruous
- contradictoryLogically opposed to itself
- conflictingIncompatible with each other
mismatched · anomalous · disparate · incompatible · irreconcilable · discrepant · inconsistent · paradoxically · unexpectedly · strangely
abrasive
Rough enough to erode
- raucousLoud and disorderly
- jarringDisturbingly incongruous
- earsplittingExtremely, painfully loud
screeching · blaring · grating · raspy · gruff · hoarse · rough · shrill · stridently · gratingly
off-key
Wrong pitch, musically
- out-of-tuneWrong in pitch
- unmelodiousWithout pleasant sound
- disharmonicLacking consonance or agreement
inharmonious · strident · grating · screeching · piercing · sharp · flat · discordant · unresolved · chromatic
clamor
Loud persistent noise
babel · pandemonium · uproar · tumult · bedlam · commotion · blare · clangor · jangle · raucousness
dissonantlyharmoniously
In pleasing agreement
consonantly · melodiously · euphoniously · tunefully · melodically
dissonantlyharmoniously
In pleasing agreement
concordantly · congruently · compatibly · consistently · agreeably