as in diatribe
a long angry speech or scolding
after the inspection by the health department, we had to listen to the manager's tirade about keeping the restaurant's kitchen cleaner
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Recent Examples of tirade
The tirade, which lasted nearly an hour, was audible to dozens of attorneys waiting outside the conference room for an upcoming meeting.
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Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2025
At some point Beijing may run out of luck, and either not concede enough in negotiations or push too hard to make a TACO, and instead generate a Trumpian tirade or policy overreaction.
—Scott Kennedy, Time, 16 Aug. 2025
The rapper, meanwhile, has been sued more than a dozen times since his initial, highly public antisemitic tirade nearly three years ago.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2025
Richards was at times thoughtful and quiet while recounting the racist tirade, its aftermath and the resulting exodus or praising peers like Sam Kinison, Andy Kaufman and George Carlin.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2025
At some point Beijing may run out of luck, and either not concede enough in negotiations or push too hard to make a TACO, and instead generate a Trumpian tirade or policy overreaction.
—Scott Kennedy, Time, 16 Aug. 2025
The rapper, meanwhile, has been sued more than a dozen times since his initial, highly public antisemitic tirade nearly three years ago.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2025
Richards was at times thoughtful and quiet while recounting the racist tirade, its aftermath and the resulting exodus or praising peers like Sam Kinison, Andy Kaufman and George Carlin.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tirade
Noun
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And the show felt more like a dialogue than a diatribe.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
16 Sep. 2025
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Is this what we’re supposed to take away from this anatomy-of-a-scandal diatribe that can’t bother to anatomize the scandal or what surrounds it all?—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The confirmation of drones over Germany comes as NATO's Denmark investigates a wave of drone disruption to its airports that officials have characterized as a hybrid attack, and coincides with Estonian, Polish, and Romanian accusations against Russia of serious airspace incursions.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Overseas activists have tried to deliver aid in the past to Gaza but have either been intercepted by Israeli forces or come under some form of attack.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The criticism drew a sharp and dismissive response from Kelani Jordan.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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The move came on the heels of NFL analyst Rex Ryan's previous criticisms of Sanders’ outspoken nature.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Cunningham said in part of her rant about the WNBA and its leadership.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Reeve then made a number of controversial, expletive-laden comments in a two-minute postgame rant following the loss before exiting the press conference stage.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Bruce Springsteen has escalated his beef with Donald Trump, dropping an entire live EP of anti-Trump jeremiads.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
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Hay dashed off another jeremiad to their associates.—
Kate Knibbs,
Wired News,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Goodall’s speaking tours brought her to Miami on many occasions, including an April 2023 lecture at Florida International University’s Ocean Bank Convocation Center and, a decade earlier, to the University of Miami’s BankUnited Center (now Watsco Center) in April 2013.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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This essay was adapted from the Christ Church, Oxford 500th anniversary lecture.—
Richard Stengel,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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With the colonies on the brink of collapse, the Reverend George Whitefield ignites the first Great Awakening, uniting an entire generation with his thundering and faithful sermons and proclamations of liberty.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Crashing into Grattan’s church as the reverend delivers a pseudoscientific sermon about a looming apocalypse, Rafferty gives Grattan his own taste of what the end of the world might look like by choking him with an eel.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Disney and Paramount Global both kowtowed to weak suits from President Donald Trump agreeing to pay settlements of $15 million and $16 million, respectively, to make the legal harangues go away rather than fighting for ABC News and CBS News.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
4 Aug. 2025
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Key foreign leaders have reaffirmed support for Ukraine after Trump’s public harangue of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last month and taken steps to expand their defense outlays.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC News,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Tirade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tirade. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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