Tirade

/taɪˈɹeɪd/ · noun

Meaning

A long, angry or violent speech..

Definitions by Sense

1. A long, angry or violent speech.
2. A section of verse concerning a single theme.
3. To make a long, angry or violent speech, a tirade.

Example Sentences

come out with a tirade

release a tirade

a lengthy tirade against one's rivals

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.

“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.

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 […]

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• tirades
• tirading
• tiraded

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