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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ti•rade /ˈtaɪreɪd, taɪˈreɪd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a long, angry speech:launched into a lengthy tirade on greed.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ti•rade (tī′rād, tī rād′),USA pronunciation n. - a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:a tirade against smoking.
- a long, vehement speech:a tirade in the Senate.
- a passage dealing with a single theme or idea, as in poetry:the stately tirades of Corneille.
- Italian tirata, noun, nominal use of feminine of tirato, past participle of tirare to draw, pull, fire (a shot), of obscure origin, originally
- French: literally, a stretch, (continuous) pulling
- 1795–1805
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged harangue, diatribe.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tirade /taɪˈreɪd/ n - a long angry speech or denunciation
Etymology: 19th Century: from French, literally: a pulling, from Italian tirata, from tirare to pull, of uncertain origin |