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DISSONATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dissonate mean?
• DISSONATE (verb)
The verb DISSONATE has 2 senses:
2. cause to sound harsh and unpleasant
Familiarity information: DISSONATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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