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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
Noun
a long angry speech or denunciation [French]
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.tiradetirade - a speech of violent denunciation    
philippic, broadside
denouncement, denunciation - a public act of denouncing
declamation - vehement oratory
tirade
noun outburst, diatribe, harangue, abuse, lecture, denunciation, invective, fulmination, philippic
Translations

tirade [taɪˈreɪd] n → diatriba
tirade [taɪˈreɪd] n → diatribe f
tirade [taɪˈreɪd] n → Tirade f
tirade [taɪˈreɪd] n → filippica


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You are the Duke's cousin, and you were not included in his tirade.
The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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.
Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
But while he was meditating a reply Athelny, more interested in hearing himself speak than in discussion, broke into a tirade upon Roman Catholicism.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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