A tirade is a long angry speech in which someone criticizes a person or thing.
She launched into a tirade against the policies that ruined her business. [+ against]
He too has met a tirade of abuse.
Synonyms: outburst, diatribe, harangue, abuse More Synonyms of tirade
tirade in British English
(taɪˈreɪd)
noun
1.
a long angry speech or denunciation
2. prosody rare
a speech or passage dealing with a single theme
Word origin
C19: from French, literally: a pulling, from Italian tirata, from tirare to pull, of uncertain origin
tirade in American English
(ˈtaɪˌreɪd; taɪˈreɪd)
noun
a long, vehement speech, esp. one of denunciation; harangue
Word origin
Fr < It tirata, a volley < pp. of tirare, to draw, fire < VL *tirare
Examples of 'tirade' in a sentence
tirade
She faced a tirade of abuse after insisting that she was too beautiful to be liked.
The Sun (2012)
He threw his bike aside and launched into a tirade against the blameless ground crew.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
And it got a whole lot worse yesterday with his foul-mouthed tirade at a photographer.
The Sun (2013)
The 50-year-old is said to have launched into his tirade after seeing the script for an upcoming episode.
The Sun (2016)
He launched into his tirade after he arrived at a hotel and was told he could not have a steak as the kitchen was closed.
The Sun (2015)
In some cases I have regretted asking the question as they have launched into a tirade against the airport.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But the mood turned nasty when the MP showed no Respect for celebs during an angry tirade.
The Sun (2006)
Once, after failing to answer a question in a lesson, she launched into a tirade of abuse and threw a chair at the teacher.
The Sun (2009)
While climbing a precariously balanced ladder and looking over a fence into the neighbour's garden, the neighbour appeared and subjected me to a tirade of abuse.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In other languages
tirade
British English: tirade NOUN
A tirade is a long angry speech in which someone criticizes a person or thing.
She launched into a tirade against the policies that ruined her business.
American English: tirade
Brazilian Portuguese: desancamento
Chinese: 愤怒申讨
European Spanish: diatriba
French: diatribe
German: Tirade
Italian: filippica
Japanese: 長い非難演説
Korean: 장광설
European Portuguese: invetiva
Latin American Spanish: diatriba
(noun)
Definition
a long angry speech or denunciation
She launched into a tirade against the authorities.
Synonyms
outburst
diatribe
an extended diatribe against academia
harangue
a political harangue
abuse
A group of people started to heckle and shout abuse.
lecture
In his lecture he covered an enormous variety of topics.
denunciation
a stinging denunciation of his critics
invective
A woman had hurled vicious invective at the family.
fulmination
philippic
He delivered a rousing philippic against the dictator.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of abuse
Definition
insulting comments
A group of people started to heckle and shout abuse.
Synonyms
insults,
blame,
slights,
curses,
cursing,
put-downs,
libel,
censure,
reproach,
scolding,
defamation,
indignities,
offence,
tirade,
derision,
slander,
rudeness,
vilification,
invective,
swear words,
opprobrium,
insolence,
upbraiding,
aspersions,
character assassination,
disparagement,
vituperation,
castigation,
contumely,
revilement,
traducement,
calumniation
in the sense of denunciation
Definition
open condemnation
a stinging denunciation of his critics
Synonyms
condemnation,
criticism,
accusation,
censure,
stick (slang),
invective,
character assassination,
stigmatization,
castigation,
obloquy,
denouncement,
fulmination
in the sense of diatribe
Definition
a bitter critical attack
an extended diatribe against academia
Synonyms
tirade,
abuse,
criticism,
denunciation,
reviling,
stricture,
harangue,
invective,
vituperation,
stream of abuse,
verbal onslaught,
philippic
Nearby words of
tirade
tipple
tippler
tipsy
tirade
tire
tired
tireless
Synonyms of 'tirade'
tirade
Explore 'tirade' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of fulmination
Synonyms
condemnation,
denunciation,
tirade,
diatribe,
invective,
obloquy,
reprobation,
excoriation,
philippic
in the sense of harangue
Definition
a forceful or angry speech
a political harangue
Synonyms
rant,
address,
speech,
lecture,
tirade,
polemic,
broadside,
diatribe,
homily,
exhortation,
oration,
spiel (informal),
declamation,
philippic
in the sense of invective
Definition
abusive speech or writing
A woman had hurled vicious invective at the family.
Synonyms
abuse,
censure,
tirade,
reproach,
berating,
denunciation,
diatribe,
vilification,
tongue-lashing,
billingsgate,
vituperation,
castigation,
obloquy,
contumely (literary),
philippic(s),
revilement
in the sense of lecture
Definition
a talk on a particular subject delivered to an audience
In his lecture he covered an enormous variety of topics.
Synonyms
talk,
address,
speech,
lesson,
instruction,
presentation,
discourse,
sermon,
exposition,
harangue,
oration,
disquisition,
webinar
in the sense of philippic
Definition
a bitter verbal attack
He delivered a rousing philippic against the dictator.