jer·e·mi·ad 
(jĕr′ə-mīəd)
(jĕr′ə-mīəd)n.
A literary work or speech expressing a bitter lament or a righteous prophecy of doom.
[French jérémiade, after Jérémie, Jeremiah, prophet traditionally considered the author of the biblical book of Lamentations, from Late Latin Ieremiās; see JEREMIAH1.]