TIRADES Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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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

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Noun

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

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
That’s what 49ers outcast Brandon Aiyuk, amid his recent social-media rants, mockingly called the practice facility that neighbors an almighty electrical substation.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 24 July 2026

Definition of rants

Noun

In recent years and as online culture changed, Hilton toned down his public attacks and appeared to embrace fatherhood and adopt a kinder public persona, even integrating more family-friendly content on his site.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
Russia set new wartime records for both the scale and pace of its missile attacks on Ukraine in July, according to data released by the Ukrainian Air Force.

— Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of attacks

Noun

Design After endless diatribes about the quirky lines of Ferrari’s all-electric Luce, the marque’s enthusiasts will find that the Amalfi Spider’s long-hood, raked-screen, and open-top lines are comfortingly familiar and unquestionably gorgeous.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2026
Trump’s social media feed and rhetoric overflow with racist diatribes.

— Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026

Definition of diatribes

Noun

Some scientists in the room said Kennedy’s expressions of appreciation were difficult to hear after his previous criticisms of the CDC, as well as federal health department cuts last year that included hundreds of positions at the agency.

— Lena H. Sun, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2026
The movie itself disappoints him for its deviations from the Stephen King novel (including this detail may help preempt criticisms over this adaptation), but he’s also distracted by the presence of a strikingly handsome stranger (Homer Gere).

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of criticisms

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Not like brushing shoulders with Lil Baby and Lil Yachty is a musical death sentence (Veeze is still tearing it up), but for a rapper who specialized in free-flowing street sermons, that slight touch of formalism and structure depletes the vibe.

— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 29 July 2026
Of the manuscript's six sermons, two were previously unknown.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of sermons

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