Definitions for: Tirade


[n] a speech of violent denunciation



Webster (1913) Definition: Ti*rade", n. [F., fr. It. tirada, properly, a pulling;
hence, a lengthening out, a long speech, a tirade, fr. tirare
to draw; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tear to redn. See
Tear to rend, and cf. Tire to tear.]
A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a
rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in
censorious and bitter language.

Here he delivers a violent tirade against persons who
profess to know anything about angels. --Quarterly
Review.

Synonyms: broadside, philippic

See Also: declamation, denouncement, denunciation

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