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tirade

UK/taɪˈɹeɪd/US/ˈtaɪɹeɪd/
nounC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,952 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: tirades

A tirade is a long angry outburst of criticism. Launch into a tirade, an angry tirade, a tirade against the press.

The length is essential, since a tirade goes on past the point anybody was listening. It nearly always takes against, and it is what a rant is called when the speaker is important.

Definitions of tirade

  1. 1nountiradeA long angry outburst of criticism.C1

    “The coach launched into a furious tirade against the referee after the match.”

tirade is an outburst.

Where it comes from

  1. French

    tirade — monologue, speech, tirade

  2. English, today

    tirade

Borrowed from French tirade (“monologue, speech, tirade”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

tirade in the wild

  • In 2006, Richards was filmed going on a racist tirade against hecklers while performing at the Laugh Factory in California.

    Michael Richards

  • The first Wichita Wingnuts manager was Kash Beauchamp, who gained notoriety for his tirade during a game on July 9.

    Wichita Wingnuts

  • A tirade (French: tirade, from Italian: tirata, meaning a stretch) is a brief and powerful monologue, typically in a drama.

    Tirade

  • In a broader sense, a tirade is any long train of words or sequence of expression on a single theme, especially if it contains censure or reproof.

    Tirade

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.