tirade
Plural: tirades
Noun
- A long, angry, critical speech.
- a speech of violent denunciation
- A long, angry or violent speech.
- A section of verse concerning a single theme.
Verb
- To make a long, angry or violent speech, a tirade.
Examples
- After his opponent challenged a valid word, he launched into a TIRADE about unfair play.
Origin / Etymology
From French tirade (“monologue, speech, tirade”).
Synonyms
broadside, philippic, admonition, condemnation, diatribe, dithyramb, harangue, impugnation, j'accuse, jeremiad, laisse, polemic, rant, screed, slanging match, tirade
Scrabble Score: 7
tirade: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtirade: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tirade: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary