tirade
pronunciation
How to pronounce tirade in British English:
UK [taɪˈreɪd]
How to pronounce tirade in American English:
US [ˈtaɪreɪd]
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- Noun:
- a speech of violent denunciation
Word Origin
- tirade (n.)
- "a long, vehement speech, a 'volley of words,' " 1801, from French tirade "a volley, a shot; a pull; a long speech or passage; a drawing out" (16c.), from tirer "draw out, endure, suffer," or the French noun is perhaps from or influenced by cognate Italian tirata "a volley," from past participle of tirare "to draw." The whole Romanic word group is of uncertain origin. Barnhart suggests it is a shortening of the source of Old French martirer "endure martyrdom" (see martyr).
Example
- 1. His tirade against mr paulson is unseemly as well as unconvincing .
- 2. She looks bewildered , and totally unaware of my yelling tirade .
- 3. Delivered his opening speech , mr smith launched into a brilliant tirade .
- 4. He delivered a long tirade against the government .
- 5. On september 18th , in a tirade before cameras in kolkata , she tried to topple the congress-led government in delhi , led by manmohan singh .