tirade English
Noun
( en noun)
A long, angry or violent speech; a diatribe.
*
, title=( The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=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.}}
*, chapter=13
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp
, passage=“[…] 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.}}
A section of verse concerning a single theme; a laisse.
Synonyms
* (speech) diatribe, rant
* (section of verse) laisse
* See also
See also
* j'accuse
* tantrum
Anagrams
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reproach English
Noun
(reproaches)
A mild rebuke, or an implied criticism.
* {{quote-book
, year=1818
, author=Mary Shelley
, title=Frankenstein
, chapter=4
citation
, passage=My father made no reproach in his letters and only took notice of my science by inquiring into my occupations more particularly than before.}}
Disgrace or shame.
Verb
To criticize or rebuke someone.
* Bible, 1 Peter iv. 14
- if ye be reproached for the name of Christ
* Milton
- That this newcomer, Shame, / There sit not, and reproach us as unclean.
* Dryden
- Mezentius with his ardour warmed / His fainting friends, reproached their shameful flight, / Repelled the victors.
To disgrace, or bring shame upon someone.
* Shakespeare
- I thought your marriage fit; else imputation, / For that he knew you, might reproach your life.
Synonyms
* (to criticize or rebuke) blame, rebuke, upbraid
* (to disgrace) disgrace, dishonor
* See also
Derived terms
* beyond reproach
* reproachful
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