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Recent Examples of atonal
There is no real tune and, as a result, the first minute is dangerously reminiscent of Bernard Hermann’s atonal Psycho score.
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Meg Walters, Vulture, 17 May 2024
Many would call him the master of modern [atonal] music — music that for most people does not sound melodic.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
Ludwig Göransson’s score, so brash, percussive, and downright atonal in the first fight scene, now seems more muted and melodic — as though the soundtracks of these two scenes are meant to fit together.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2024
Inside, two atonal compositions (one by Young and one by the artist Jung Hee Choi) play on large speakers.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
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Meg Walters, Vulture, 17 May 2024
Many would call him the master of modern [atonal] music — music that for most people does not sound melodic.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
Ludwig Göransson’s score, so brash, percussive, and downright atonal in the first fight scene, now seems more muted and melodic — as though the soundtracks of these two scenes are meant to fit together.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2024
Inside, two atonal compositions (one by Young and one by the artist Jung Hee Choi) play on large speakers.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atonal
Adjective
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Fletcher’s thrumming, didgeridoo voice—violently tuneless when singing and melodic in speech—is a counterpoint to Fliakos’s light, almost nasal timbre; Niall Cunningham and Andrew Maillet, as the President’s assistants, are their balancing male pair.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2024
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Winfrey’s musical reworking of The Color Purple is essentially tuneless and unpleasant.Armond White, National Review, 3 Jan. 2024
Adjective
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Her pregnancies are painful and unpleasant, especially compared to Lenù’s.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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One way to avoid unpleasant surprises is to keep your restaurant order simple.Sarah Garone, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2024
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Buried in a bland mixed-use skyscraper in the dreary Financial District downtown, an aging, if glamorous, 1929 movie palace with rotten acoustics long served as the San Diego Symphony’s disagreeable home.Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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The fasting is uncomfortable, the prep is disagreeable, and the procedure itself requires you to be put to sleep.Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 15 Aug. 2024
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In particular, the company has beefed up its lifestyle category with unexpected objects, such as a 120-euro sculptural metallic box with scented spheres to hang in closets or cars and 48-euro ceramic pencils to dip into concentrated perfume to make desks and corporate environments more enjoyable.Sandra Salibian, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
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While True opted to wear flat shoes underneath her bodysuit, her mom completed the look with over-the-knee metallic silver high-heel boots.Raven Brunner, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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For plumbing more sonorous depths, there is the optional Roku Wireless Subwoofer (another $180).Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 3 May 2020
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His warm smile and generous spirit transformed each chord into a sonorous embrace, and his words, always full of affection, made everyone feel like part of his family.Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Atonal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atonal. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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