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tirade

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ti·rade  (trd, t-rd)
n.
A long angry or violent speech, usually of a censorious or denunciatory nature; a diatribe.

[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, and tiranz, executioner, tyrant), from martir, martyr, from Late Latin martyr; see martyr.]

tirade [taɪˈreɪd]
n
1. a long angry speech or denunciation
2. (Literature / Poetry) Prosody rare a speech or passage dealing with a single theme
[from French, literally: a pulling, from Italian tirata, from tirare to pull, of uncertain origin]

Tirade an outburst of speech, 1801.
Examples: tirade of infamous falsehoods, 1818; of bombastic nonsense, 1858; of words, 1801.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tirade - a speech of violent denunciationtirade - a speech of violent denunciation    
denouncement, denunciation - a public act of denouncing
declamation - vehement oratory

tirade
noun outburst, diatribe, harangue, abuse, lecture, denunciation, invective, fulmination, philippic She launched into a tirade against the authorities.
Translations
tirade [taɪˈreɪd] Ndiatriba f
tirade [taɪˈreɪd] ndiatribe f
tirade
nTirade f, → Schimpfkanonade f
tirade [taɪˈreɪd] nfilippica


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You are the Duke's cousin, and you were not included in his tirade.
When I began calling myself a scoundrel and a blackguard and my tears flowed (the tirade was accompanied throughout by tears) her whole face worked convulsively.
But while he was meditating a reply Athelny, more interested in hearing himself speak than in discussion, broke into a tirade upon Roman Catholicism.
 
 
 
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