as in diatribe
a long angry speech or scolding
a jeremiad against the political apathy shown by so many young people
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Recent Examples of jeremiad
Hay dashed off another jeremiad to their associates.
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Kate Knibbs, Wired News, 20 May 2025
The jeremiads against gambling as a corrupting influence have conveniently quieted.
— Made By History, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
Their jeremiads have scared so many people out of some amazing gains.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
Tocqueville rose in the assembly on January 29, 1848, to deliver a jeremiad.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 26 Dec. 2023
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Kate Knibbs, Wired News, 20 May 2025
The jeremiads against gambling as a corrupting influence have conveniently quieted.
— Made By History, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
Their jeremiads have scared so many people out of some amazing gains.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
Tocqueville rose in the assembly on January 29, 1848, to deliver a jeremiad.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 26 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jeremiad
Noun
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Charles Coughlin, an antisemitic Catholic priest who once led the Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak and broadcast diatribes against Jews on a radio show.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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In fact, the PLA’s chief periodical regularly publishes diatribes against the notion of an apolitical military.—
JONATHAN A. CZIN,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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When Jeremiah wakes up the next morning, his tirade really starts to heat up.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Russian launched a tirade at the chair umpire after a photographer stepped onto the court surface before repeatedly hitting his racket against his bench at the match’s conclusion.—
Jack Bantock,
CNN Money,
31 Aug. 2025
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The reality is for the Benedictine Class of 24 and the millions of women watching, Harrison Butker delivered a sermon on women’s limitations.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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As for the general thrust of his sermons?—
Theoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Aug. 2025
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How not to hear in his philippic the traces of an OCD inscribed in our cultural DNA, a sanctimony that launched the archetypal act of avoidance that forms our origin myth?—
Andrew Kay,
Harpers Magazine,
28 May 2025
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The poet’s occasional philippics against capitalist excess are hard to distinguish from postwar politics, when former allies became lethal enemies, while in America the Red Scare of McCarthyism loomed.—
William Logan,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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As aid groups say famine has already taken hold, the assault risks the lives of remaining hostages—captured by Hamas in its October 2023 attack—while Netanyahu faces mounting political turmoil at home, even as Washington continues to hold Hamas responsible for prolonging the conflict.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Even when put under lighter sanctions in 2018, during the Salisbury chemical attack, claims of election interference, and criminal cyber operations continued.—
Earl Carr,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Mourinho’s arrival at United was a response to some of the criticisms directed at his predecessor, Louis van Gaal.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Much of his criticism originates to when Elon Musk, a South African native, was a member of his administration.—
Emily Goodin,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At an early lecture of Alaoui’s, one silent member of the audience seems unusually intent on his words.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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Each lecture in the series is free for Birch Aquarium members and $12 for non-members.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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See Kelly Price’s rant about Black women above and her full spill here.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Waters’ rant about Osbourne continued with another dig at one of Ozzy’s most infamous moments.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Jeremiad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jeremiad. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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