tirade
/ˈtaɪɹeɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A section of verse concerning a single theme.
Example Sentences
- "come out with a tirade"
- "release a tirade"
- "a lengthy tirade against one's rivals"
- "Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda."
- "“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes."
- "Long into the night had he tiraded, until finally, when Apt had refused to keep awake a moment longer, no matter what fascinating things the desert people were doing with preserving the dead […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *der-der. Proto-Germanic *teranąbor.? Vulgar Latin *tīrāre Old French tirer Middle French tirer French tirer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -atader. Occitan -adader. French -ade French tiradebor. English tirade Borrowed from French tirade (“monologue, speech, tirade”).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtaɪɹeɪd/
- British English: /taɪˈɹeɪd/