tirade

noun

ˈtī-ˌrād How to pronounce tirade (audio)
Definition of tiradenext
as in diatribe
a long angry speech or scolding after the inspection by the health department, we had to listen to the manager's tirade about keeping the restaurant's kitchen cleaner

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Recent Examples of tirade Meanwhile, Ontario Premier Doug Ford unleashed his own tirade. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 Punk’s tirade targeted Hangman Adam Page, Colt Cabana and the Young Bucks, the latter three of whom are real-life friends of Owens. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Ananberg-Poma posted on Instagram the night of the attack, remaining defiant despite Montes’ tirade. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026 Her scrolled embroideries have since been described as tirades, rants, and screeds—no horses or cables, just the language pummeling the eye. — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tirade
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tirade
  1. diatribe
  2. attack
  3. criticism
  4. rant
  5. jeremiad
  6. lecture
  7. sermon
  8. harangue
Noun
  • During the 2007 ceremony, Field took to the stage to accept her award — only to be cut off after launching into an emotional diatribe about the war in Iraq.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The two agreed that Springsteen's penchant in recent years for going on mid-concert political diatribes is wearing a little thin.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of diatribe
Noun
  • In Congo, where the outbreak has spread to seven provinces, responders have faced attacks on health teams, misinformation about the virus, a failure by locals to report symptoms and rebel violence that has limited access to treatment centers.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
  • An inmate died in an apparent homicide Tuesday morning after an attack by another prisoner at California State Prison, Sacramento, state corrections officials said.
    — Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of attack
Noun
  • Carlson has faced criticism for interviewing Holocaust revisionist Darryl Cooper in 2024 and white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who has repeatedly denied the Holocaust, made antisemitic comments, and praised Adolf Hitler.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The statement came only after Thomas called out the commissioner, intensifying criticism that the league had been reactive throughout the controversy.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of criticism
Noun
  • Nathan is offended and starts going on his usual rant about not tolerating disrespect toward his family.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
  • One said the assistant began making the noise while his wife was discussing skin-care products with it, and the rant went on for 10 minutes.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of rant
Noun
  • My Fortune colleague Nick Lichtenberg had a good story on why the resignation jeremiad of former Anthropic and OpenAI safety researcher Jacob Coxon had such impact when previous warnings, often from much higher-profile individuals, did not.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Kelaidis reads their popularity as evidence that historical scholarship has become a kind of liberal jeremiad, offering moral reassurance through historical analogy.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
Definition of jeremiad
Noun
  • But the material provides him with plenty of legitimate reasons to be pissed, and the movie is never at risk of becoming a pedantic lecture.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The lecture last week focused on how anti-Mexican politics have always worked in Orange County and usually go on to be copied nationwide.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of lecture
Noun
  • The two rituals have unfolded in parallel since the Christian church’s pastor, Sarah Lucas, preached a sermon condemning Arapaho ceremonial ways.
    — Savannah Peters, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Her words, as if plucked from a Sunday morning sermon, speak to the source of her strength.
    — Nicole Avery Nichols, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of sermon
Noun
  • The movie is an epic series of harrumphs and harangues, propelled from room to room—and, in time, out into the world beyond the estate—by a spirit of impudent absurdism and corrosive cynicism which seems to emanate from Digger himself.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Stephen Adly Guirgis, a New York playwright who specializes in urban pressure-cooker dramas, has a gift for writing subway strap-hanger harangues.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of harangue

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“Tirade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tirade. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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