Standard Lemma guide

tirade

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /taɪˈɹeɪd/
  • UK: /tɪˈɹeɪd/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈtaɪɹeɪd/
  • rhymes with -eɪd
  • obsolete: /tɪˈɹɑːd/
  • CMU ARPABET: T AY0 R EY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A long, angry or violent speech.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • come out with a tirade
  • release a tirade
  • a lengthy tirade against one's rivals

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: diatribe, admonition, condemnation, dithyramb, harangue, impugnation, j'accuse, jeremiad, philippic, polemic, rant, screed, slanging match, tirade

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A section of verse concerning a single theme.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: laisse

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To make a long, angry or violent speech, a tirade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a speech of violent denunciation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: philippic, broadside

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: denunciation, denouncement, declamation

History

Etymology

Etymology tree French tirer Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -atader. Occitan -adader. French -ade French tiradebor. English tirade Borrowed from French tirade (“monologue, speech, tirade”).

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: тира́да (tiráda) — long, angry or violent speech
  • Chinese Mandarin: 长篇大论 (chángpiāndàlùn) — long, angry or violent speech
  • Czech: tiráda — long, angry or violent speech
  • Danish: tirade — long, angry or violent speech
  • Dutch: tirade — long, angry or violent speech
  • Finnish: vuodatus — long, angry or violent speech
  • Finnish: saarna — long, angry or violent speech
  • French: diatribe — long, angry or violent speech
  • French: tirade — long, angry or violent speech
  • German: Tirade — long, angry or violent speech
  • Greek: υβρεολόγιο (yvreológio) — long, angry or violent speech
  • Hungarian: tiráda — long, angry or violent speech
  • Hungarian: szóáradat — long, angry or violent speech
  • Italian: invettiva — long, angry or violent speech
  • Māori: tūpeha — long, angry or violent speech
  • Māori: tūpehataua — long, angry or violent speech
  • Portuguese: diatribe — long, angry or violent speech
  • Russian: тира́да (tiráda) — long, angry or violent speech
  • Slovak: tiráda — long, angry or violent speech
  • Spanish: diatriba — long, angry or violent speech
  • Spanish: invectiva — long, angry or violent speech
  • Spanish: catilinaria — long, angry or violent speech
  • Turkish: tirat — long, angry or violent speech
  • French: tirade — section of verse concerning a single theme
  • French: laisse — section of verse concerning a single theme