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TIRADE

a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language

The meaning of the word tirade is a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language.

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WordMeaning
crassgross
misdemeanora crime less serious than a felony (see felony
dismemberto cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of
haranguea speech addressed to a public assembly
sallowany of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark
renditionthe act or result of rendering something: such as
genericrelating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general
deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
commonplacecommonly found or seen : ordinary
exhaleto rise or be given off as vapor