Crossword-Solution: DISSONANCE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Dissonance | n. | A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord. |
| Dissonance | n. | Want of agreement; incongruity. |
We have 12 clues for the answer “DISSONANCE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Atonality | 1 answer |
| Sound that is ugly and jarring | 3 answers |
| Dutch concert | 6 answers |
| atmospherics | 7 answers |
| stridency | 9 answers |
| Cacoph-ony | 15 answers |
| Quartet | 16 answers |
| Babel | 30 answers |
| disharmony | 33 answers |
| discordance | 48 answers |
| Din | 56 answers |
| Interference | 74 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with DISSONANCE (5)
But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.
The baker’s cart, with the harsh music of its bells, had a pleasant effect on Clifford, because, as few things else did, it jingled the very dissonance of yore.
The next moment the wrathful brother himself sat at the piano, and there burst on five pairs of astonished ears a crashing dissonance which was but the prelude to music such as few of the party often heard.
What disgusts and angers me (when my way takes me into our surface or elevated cars or into ferry boats and local trains) is the utter dissonance between the outfit of most of the women I meet and their position and occupation.
But ere a close The wonted roar was up amidst the woods, And filled the air with barbarous dissonance; At which I ceased, and listened them awhile, Till an unusual stop of sudden silence Gave respite to the drowsy-flighted steeds That draw the litter of close-curtained Sleep.
Quotes with DISSONANCE (3)
The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is not a creed. Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.
The human brain has the unique ability to doubt the reality presented to itself. To comprehend the dissonance between ideas and the truth of the surrounding world. God knows this, and it infuriates him. It terrifies him.
Myths, whether in written or visual form, serve a vital role of asking unanswerable questions and providing unquestionable answers. Most of us, most of the time, have a low tolerance for ambiguity and uncertainty. We want to reduce the cognitive dissonance of not knowing by filling the gaps with answers. Traditionally, religious myths have served that role, but today — the age of science — science fiction is our mythology.
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Appears in: LAT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2000).