dissonance
B2CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
General noun
A harsh, unresolved combination of sounds lacking harmony.
The composer used deliberate dissonance to convey a sense of unease.
Business noun
A tension or lack of harmony between elements or expectations.
The dissonance between luxury pricing and threadbare service left customers feeling cheated.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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