antimusical

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ musical.

Adjective

antimusical (comparative more antimusical, superlative most antimusical)

1. (music) Opposing or countering music.
   • 2007 June 4, Alastair Macaulay, “Wake Up, Princess, the Movies Are Calling”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     This does become monstrously antimusical in one scene: when Tchaikovsky’s music, softly depicting the sleeping palace (my favorite passage of this composer’s entire oeuvre, with its beautifully muffled oboe melody suggesting how beauty ripens in sleep like a chrysalis), is turned into an epic battle for the poor passive Prince, conducted between the wicked Carabosse, with her ghoulish minions, and the Lilac Fairy, with her elves.

2. (music) Of or pertaining to antimusic.

Translations

opposing or countering music

• Portuguese: antimusical

Portuguese

Etymology

From anti- +‎ musical.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.mu.ziˈkaw/ [ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.mu.ziˈkaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.ti.mu.ziˈkal/ [ˌɐ̃.ti.mu.ziˈkaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.ti.mu.ziˈkal/ [ˌɐ̃.ti.mu.ziˈkaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.ti.mu.ziˈka.li/

Adjective

antimusical m or f (plural antimusicais)

1. (music) antimusical (opposing or countering music)