jeremiad

[jer-uh-mahy-uh d, -ad]

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noun

a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint.

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Origin of jeremiad

1770–80; Jeremi(ah) + -ad¹ in reference to Jeremiah's Lamentations

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The Task Force report is a blend of modern bureaucratese and the old Judeo-Christian tradition of the jeremiad.
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Huckabee should deliver a jeremiad lambasting Washington for its role in fostering the housing collapse and the Great Recession.
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But neither is it a rigorous sociological study or a polemic or a jeremiad.
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To-night, however, there were variety and spice with his Jeremiad.
The Goose Girl|Harold MacGrath

Hanneh Breineh, in a friendly manner, settled herself on the sound end of the bed, and began her jeremiad.
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Still other insects, unseen but none the less busy, added to the burden of his jeremiad.
From Place to Place|Irvin S. Cobb
However, here is my jeremiad after all; it seems to have been inevitable!
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
The writer had nothing new to say, and, like most other such attacks, his jeremiad was in an hour or two forgotten.
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British Dictionary definitions for jeremiad

jeremiad

noun

a long mournful lamentation or complaint

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Word Origin and History for jeremiad

jeremiad

1780, from French jérémiade (1762), in reference to "Lamentations of Jeremiah" in Old Testament.

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