tirade

noun

ti·​rade ˈtī-ˌrād How to pronounce tirade (audio)
also ti-ˈrād
Synonyms of tirade
: a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language

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Examples of tirade in a Sentence

He went into a tirade about the failures of the government. The coach directed a tirade at the team after the loss.
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And baseball has just tirades and just screaming at each other in the middle. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 June 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 Rambling usually ignores it when Dean Cain posts one of his tirades against liberal Hollywood. — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026 Telling someone that an item is AI-generated is tantamount to setting off alarm bells and triggering them into a tirade. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for tirade

Word History

Etymology

French, shot, tirade, from Middle French, from Old Italian tirata, from tirare to draw, shoot

First Known Use

1802, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tirade was in 1802

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“Tirade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tirade. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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tirade

noun
ti·​rade tī-ˈrād How to pronounce tirade (audio)
ˈtī-ˌrād
: a long violent angry speech : harangue

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