Definition of Tirade

1. Noun. A speech of violent denunciation.

Exact synonyms: Broadside, Philippic
Generic synonyms: Denouncement, Denunciation, Declamation

Definition of Tirade

1. n. A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in censorious and bitter language.

Definition of Tirade

1. Noun. A long, angry or violent speech; a diatribe ¹

2. Noun. A section of verse concerning a single theme; a laisse ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tirade

1. a long, vehement speech [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tirade

tiptoers
tiptoes
tiptop
tiptopite
tiptops
tipu
tipu tree
tipula
tipulary
tipulas
tipulid
tipuna
tipunas
tiqueur
tiracizine
tirade (current term)
tirades
tiradito
tiraditos
tiragalloite
tirailleur
tirailleurs
tiramisu
tiramisus
tirapazamine
tiratricol
tire
tire-pressure

Literary usage of Tirade

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1899)
"... Broglie—Position of the Due d'Orleans—Return to England—Conservative Reaction —Shell's tirade against Lord Lyndhurst—Lyndhurst as a Tory Leader—Angry ..."

2. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV. and King by Charles Greville (1874)
"... Broglie — Position of the Due d'Orleans — Return to England — Conservative reaction — Shell's tirade against Lord Lyndhurst — Lyndhurst as a Tory leader ..."

3. History of California by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"... tirade is THE SENATE—THE CALIFORNIA CLAIMS—EXPENSES OF THB CONQUEST. AT San Francisco Kearny found Colonel Richard B. Mason of the 1st dragoons and ..."

4. Civilized America by Thomas Colley Grattan (1859)
"Indians—Sea Serpent—Church Service—Religious Feeling—Cookery—Drinks —National Slang—Passionate love of Pork—A tirade against Tobacco : Smoking, ..."

5. Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator: A Story of Nine Months by Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson (1890)
"My tirade against the rebels — " Chivalry in a negro " — Fadl el Mulla asserts himself — Emin signs the papers — Steamer to be sent to M'Swa — I prepare to ..."

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