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r surd; -- sid of the vowels, semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonants b, d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc., which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate. -- n.

Discordant; contrary; -- opposed to consonant. "Absonant to nature." Quarles.

High-sounding; lofty or pompous. Skelton.

Rustling in arms; resounding with arms. [Obs.]

Not sounding or sounded. [R.] C. C. Felton.

Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance; not consonant.

Assonant.

ording; -- usually followed by with or to. Each one pretends that his opinion . . . is consonant to the words there used. Bp. Beveridge. That where much is given shall be much required is a thing consonant with natural equity. Dr. H. More.

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To change into, or use as, a consonant. "The vowel is consonantized, that is, made closer in position." Peile.

In a consonant, consistent, or congruous manner; agreeably.

The quality or condition of being consonant, agreeable, or consistent.

Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious. With clamor of voices dissonant and loud. Longfellow.

Of the same or like sound.

Horrisonous. [Obs.]

Not consonant or agreeing; inconsistent; discordant. -- In*con"so*nant*ly, adv.

Not sonant. -- n.

d; resounding; echoing back. Through every hour of the golden morning, the streets were resonant with female parties of young and old. De Quincey.

In a reasonant manner.

Making a snorting noise; snorting. [R.]