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tirade

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WORD COMPOSITION
suffix-adeaction or product
DEFINITION

a speech of violent denunciation

WEBSTER'S 1913

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

ETYMOLOGY

Latin 'tirare' - to shoot

SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
IN LITERATURE

They suppose it the wine for their "beautiful woman." I dare say I laughed or told him to go, and he began a tirade against Lord Fleetwood.

George Meredith, Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
✨ WORD STORY

Catarina, a Dakar chef, faced her biggest challenge yet when a critic posted a one-star review. At dinner, he showed up expecting sympathy. Instead, Catarina unloaded a tirade about his palate being as adventurous as a house cat, leaving him speechless and the restaurant buzzing with laughter.

📖 TALE

At Wellington's waterfront market, Emeka had just tasted a particularly spicy pepper when his friend arrived late. As the piquant heat shot up his nostrils, Emeka unleashed a tirade, waving his hands wildly and sending chilies flying from his stall.

IN USE

The impressive rookie campaigns of eventual AL Rookie of the Year Justin Verlander, centerfielder Curtis Granderson, and flamethrowing relief pitcher Joel Zumaya, coupled with a well-publicized early-season tirade by Leyland, helped the team explode and quickly rise to the top of the AL Central.

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