tirade
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reɪd, taɪˈreɪd noun
1.
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation: a tirade against smoking.
2.
a long, vehement speech: a tirade in the Senate.
3.
a passage dealing with a single theme or idea, as in poetry: the stately tirades of Corneille.
Origin:
1795–1805; < French: literally, a stretch, (continuous) pulling < Italian tirata, noun use of feminine of tirato, past participle of tirare to draw, pull, fire (a shot), of obscure origin
1795–1805; < French: literally, a stretch, (continuous) pulling < Italian tirata, noun use of feminine of tirato, past participle of tirare to draw, pull, fire (a shot), of obscure origin
Synonyms
2. harangue, diatribe.
2. harangue, diatribe.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a long angry speech or denunciation |
| 2. | rare prosody a speech or passage dealing with a single theme |
| [C19: from French, literally: a pulling, from Italian tirata, from tirare to pull, of uncertain origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
tirade
1801, "a 'volley of words,' " from Fr. tirade "speech, volley, shot, continuation, drawing out" (16c.), from tirer "draw out, endure, suffer," or the Fr. word is perhaps from cognate It. tirata "a volley," from pp. of tirare "to draw." The whole Romanic word group is of uncertain origin; some think
it is a shortening of the source of O.Fr. martirer "endure martyrdom" (see martyr).
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Example sentences
The in-cruiser microphone recorded appellant's tirade upon being placed in the cruiser.
Berry continued his tirade after being told by the officers to quiet down.
His lack of self-control is matched by his disdain for any who object to this inappropriate and bullying tirade.
So therefore you are the one on the non-fact based tirade.
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