Synonyms of tirades

tirades

noun

plural of tirade

as in rants

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rants
• attacks
• diatribes
• criticisms
• jeremiads
• sermons
• lectures
• harangues
• philippics
• reprimands
• invectives
• condemnations
• vituperations
• assaults
• denunciations
• rebukes
• castigations
• lashings
• tongue-lashings
• reproofs
• censures
• abuses
• disparagements
• excoriations
• depreciations
• broadsides
• execrations
• reproaches
• admonitions
• admonishments
• deprecations
• revilements
• belittlements

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eulogies
• tributes
• encomiums
• praises
• citations
• acclaim
• sanctions
• panegyrics
• rhapsodies
• accolades
• honors
• acclamations
• endorsements
• approvals
• blessings
• commendations
• raves
• plaudits
• homages
• ovations

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tirades

Her scrolled embroideries have since been described as tirades, rants, and screeds—no horses or cables, just the language pummeling the eye. — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee once put it this way about why some golfer tirades add character while others are despised. — Brody Miller, New York Times, 19 June 2026

Lion was taken into custody early Saturday morning in the Palisades after what a neighbor described as antisemitic tirades. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026

Rambling usually ignores it when Dean Cain posts one of his tirades against liberal Hollywood. — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026

And baseball has just tirades and just screaming at each other in the middle. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026

The film explores how comedians parody leaders and help define them to the public, an important conversation currently amid presidential tirades against late night hosts, and after The Late Show With Stephen Colbert closed up shop last month. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 June 2026

The Onion has long delighted readers with a mix of highbrow and stupidly silly news stories that parody the latest social trends and political tirades, highlighting their absurdity—and deeper truths. — Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2026

Indeed, Ye has been something of an outcast in the mainstream entertainment industry since a series of antisemitic and racist tirades in 2022, culminating in the release of a swastika T-shirt via his Yeezy brand. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2026