tirade

Definitions

1. Diatribe, tirade.
2. A long, angry or violent speech.
3. A section of verse concerning a single theme.

Equivalents

Examples

“Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow⟳ of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.”

““[…] They talk⟳ of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect⟳ the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.”

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