tirade
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ti·rade
(tī'rād', tī-rād') 
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A long angry or violent speech, usually of a censorious or denunciatory nature; a diatribe.
n.
A long angry or violent speech, usually of a censorious or denunciatory nature; a diatribe.
[French, from Old French, act of firing, from tirer, to draw out, endure, probably back-formation from martirant, present participle of martirer, to torture (influenced by mar, to one's misfortune,tiranz, executioner, tyrant), from martir, martyr, from Late Latin martyr. See martyr.]
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tirade
noun
- A long, violent, or blustering speech, usually of censure or denunciation: diatribe, fulmination, harangue, jeremiad, philippic. See praise/blame.
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Term for an ornament (It. tirata) consisting of a scale-like passage passing between two notes in a melodic line; see examples
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tirade
IN BRIEF: A speech of violent denunciation.
Anger begins as an inner twinge. We sense something long before it blossoms (explodes?) into an emotional tirade.
— Peter McWilliams
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- Blame, Censure, Ridicule, and Contempt - tirade: prolonged outburst of verbal abuse
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Tirade
Dansk (Danish)
n. - tirade, ordstrøm
Deutsch (German)
n. - Tirade, Scheltrede, Wortschwall
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τα εξ αμάξης, εξάψαλμος, κατσάδα, σχοινοτενής παθιασμένος λόγος (κν. φιλιππικός)
Português (Portuguese)
n. - tirada (f), discurso longo e veemente (m)
Español (Spanish)
n. - diatriba, perorata
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tirad, harang, ordflöde
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
长篇大论, 激烈的演说, 长篇的演说
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 長篇大論, 激烈的演說, 長篇的演說
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 장광설, 격론, 긴 공격 연설
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 長い攻撃演説, 長広舌, 激論
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) خطبه مسهبه عنيفه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - נאום חוצב להבות-אש, נאום-ביקורת חריף, תוכחה, דברי גינוי ארוכים ונמרצים
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