Tirade
/ˈtaɪɹeɪd/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A long, angry or violent speech.
"Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda."
- 2 a speech of violent denunciation wordnet
- 3 A section of verse concerning a single theme.
Verb
- 1 To make a long, angry or violent speech, a tirade.
"Long into the night had he tiraded, until finally, when Apt had refused to keep awake a moment longer, no matter what fascinating things the desert people were doing with preserving the dead […]"
Antonyms
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More examples"He launched into a tirade about how the government is encroaching on his rights."
Etymology
From French tirade (“monologue, speech, tirade”).