English Dictionary
Definition of “tirade”
tirade (taɪˈreɪd
)
Definitions
noun
- a long angry speech or denunciation
- prosody rare a speech or passage dealing with a single theme
Word Origin
C19: from French, literally: a pulling, from Italian tirata, from tirare to pull, of uncertain origin
Usage examples
Before Rich could restart his tirade a carriage rumbled into view and the Justice alighted.
Fidelis Morgan, THE RIVAL QUEENS: A Countess Ashby de la Zouche Mystery (2002)Every standard-issue moral tirade will require the same basic ingredients.
Spiked (2004)"No Jean-Marie Le Pen press conference would be complete without a tirade against immigration.
Irish Times (2002)Healey has been hauled across to explain his tirade of criticism against Australia on the Lions tour nearly two months ago.
Sun, News of the World (2001)The occasion prompted a now customary tirade against the French, whose surprise... should never have happened.
De Groot, Gerard J., Douglas Haig, 1861-1928 (1988)
