Found 2 items, similar to tirade.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tirade
tirade
n : a speech of violent denunciation [syn:
philippic,
broadside]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tirade
Tirade
\Ti*rade"\, n. [F., fr. It. tirada, properly, a pulling;
hence, a lengthening out, a long speech, a tirade, fr. tirare
to draw; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tear to redn. See
Tear to rend, and cf.
Tire to tear.]
A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a
rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in
censorious and bitter language.
[1913 Webster]
Here he delivers a violent tirade against persons who
profess to know anything about angels. --Quarterly
Review.
[1913 Webster]