dissonance


dissonance (http://definr.com/dissonance)

     n 1: a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
          [syn: disagreement, dissension] [ant: agreement]
     2: the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality;
        sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern
        music is just noise to me" [syn: noise, racket]
     3: disagreeable sounds [ant: harmony]