English Dictionary

DISSONATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dissonate mean? 

DISSONATE (verb)
  The verb DISSONATE has 2 senses:

1. be dissonant or harshplay

2. cause to sound harsh and unpleasantplay

  Familiarity information: DISSONATE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISSONATE (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Be dissonant or harsh

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Context example:

The violins in this piece dissonated disturbingly

Hypernyms (to "dissonate" is one way to...):

sound (give off a certain sound or sounds)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

dissonant (characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to sound harsh and unpleasant

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

disharmonize; dissonate

Hypernyms (to "dissonate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

dissonance (disagreeable sounds)

dissonance (the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience)

dissonant (characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved)


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