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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Academics in particular knew the impact of his anti-college diatribes, demonizing of university professors, and literal targeting of them with Professor Watchlist.—
Karen J. Leader,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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Like everyone else, Nina’d had too much to drink and was trying to follow Bess’s diatribe while looking for a place to break in and divert.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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While discussing the current compensation system in college sports, the president went on a tirade against the Supreme Court for unanimously ruling against the NCAA’s restrictions on noncash compensation for college athletes in 2021.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Mar. 2026
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Like Americans everywhere, many of us watched the State of the Union speech, a divisive tirade.—
Milly Dawson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
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During a weekend swing through West Texas last month, Talarico dropped off the trail long enough to preach at Lubbock’s Covenant Presbyterian, where the faithful hung on every word of his 10-minute sermon.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
4 Mar. 2026
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The sheikh had studied religious law at Damascus University and earned a master’s degree in Lebanon; the Tunisian had not completed a day’s worth of religious study in his life, relying instead on YouTube videos and stray sermons.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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The Atlantic’s second issue included a thunderous philippic of some 7,600 words on the relentless encroachments of slavery and the fate of the Republic.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
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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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Several Persian Gulf nations have already reduced or fully shut down oil and natural gas production out of fear of an attack by Iran’s drone or missile arsenal.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Even so, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) saw fresh drone and missile attacks Saturday morning.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Be willing to listen to criticism.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Traders landing six-figure payouts associated with the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and the death of Iran's supreme leader drew criticism from lawmakers in Washington and critics of the apps.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Each course consists of a video lecture and ends with a quiz that must be passed to move on to the next unit.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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On opening weekend, guests can enjoy the opening ceremony, historic lecture, dinner, the Jockey Club opening and Kentucky Derby celebration, dancing with live music and other events.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Former ad man Donny Deutsch interrupted my flow by cutting me off with a rant about how this American show should have no place for European soccer.—
Roger Bennett,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
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And now Bess had started her favorite worn rant about how Nixon shouldn’t have been pardoned.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Jeremiad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jeremiad. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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