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Tirade

//ˈtaɪɹeɪd// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a speech of violent denunciation wordnet
  3. 3
    A section of verse concerning a single theme.
Verb
  1. 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 […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French tirade (“monologue, speech, tirade”).

Etymology 2

From French tirade (“monologue, speech, tirade”).

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