tirade

ti·rade

 (tī′rād′, tī-rād′)

n.

A long angry speech, usually of a censorious or denunciatory nature; a diatribe.

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[French, from Old French, act of firing, from tirer, to draw out, endure, probably back-formation from martirant, present participle of martirer, to torture (influenced by mar, to one's misfortune, tiranz, executioner, tyrant), from martir, martyr, from Late Latin martyr; see martyr.]

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tirade

(taɪˈreɪd)

n

1. a long angry speech or denunciation

2. (Poetry) prosody rare a speech or passage dealing with a single theme

[C19: from French, literally: a pulling, from Italian tirata, from tirare to pull, of uncertain origin]

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ti•rade

(ˈtaɪ reɪd, taɪˈreɪd)

n.

1. a prolonged outburst of bitter denunciation.

2. a long, vehement speech.

3. a passage dealing with a single theme, as in poetry: the stately tirades of Corneille.

[1795–1805; < French: literally, a stretch, (continuous) pulling < Italian tirata, n. use of feminine of tirato, past participle of tirare to draw, pull < Vulgar Latin *tīrāre, of obscure orig.]

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Tirade

 an outburst of speech, 1801.

Examples: tirade of infamous falsehoods, 1818; of bombastic nonsense, 1858; of words, 1801.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tirade - a speech of violent denunciation   philippic, broadside denouncement, denunciation - a public act of denouncing declamation - vehement oratory

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tirade

noun outburst, diatribe, harangue, abuse, lecture, denunciation, invective, fulmination, philippic She launched into a tirade against the authorities.

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tirade

noun

A long, violent, or blustering speech, usually of censure or denunciation:

diatribe, fulmination, harangue, jeremiad, philippic.

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Translations

Tirade

tirata

tirade

[taɪˈreɪd] N → diatriba f

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tirade

[taɪˈreɪd] n → diatribe f

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tirade

n → Tirade f, → Schimpfkanonade f

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tirade

[taɪˈreɪd] n → filippica

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