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[ jer-uh-mahy-uhd, -ad ] / ˌdʒɛr əˈmaɪ əd, -æd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR jeremiad ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint. Origin of jeremiad1770–80; Jeremi(ah) + -ad1 in reference to Jeremiah's Lamentations Words nearby jeremiadJerash, Jerba, jerbil, jerboa, jereed, jeremiad, Jeremiah, Jérémie, Jeremy, jerepigo, Jerez Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for jeremiadThe Task Force report is a blend of modern bureaucratese and the old Judeo-Christian tradition of the jeremiad. Did the Southern Baptist ‘Conservative Resurgence’ Fail?|Molly Worthen|June 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST Huckabee should deliver a jeremiad lambasting Washington for its role in fostering the housing collapse and the Great Recession. Mike Huckabee’s Bully Pulpit: Economic Populism|Lloyd Green|December 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST But neither is it a rigorous sociological study or a polemic or a jeremiad. Too Soon to Write: Choire Sicha’s ‘Very Recent History’|Stefan Beck|August 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST To-night, however, there were variety and spice with his Jeremiad. The Goose Girl|Harold MacGrath
Hanneh Breineh, in a friendly manner, settled herself on the sound end of the bed, and began her jeremiad. Hungry Hearts|Anzia Yezierska Still other insects, unseen but none the less busy, added to the burden of his jeremiad. From Place to Place|Irvin S. Cobb However, here is my jeremiad after all; it seems to have been inevitable! The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky The writer had nothing new to say, and, like most other such attacks, his jeremiad was in an hour or two forgotten. The Loom of Youth|Alec Waugh
British Dictionary definitions for jeremiad
nouna long mournful lamentation or complaint Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to jeremiaddiatribe, screed, revilement, ranting, philippic, condemnation, censure, tongue-lashing, malediction, invective, denunciation, vituperation, fulmination, anger, lecture, harangue, sermon, dispute, berating |