jeremiad

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

noun

1. a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint.

jeremiad

/ ˌdʒɛrɪˈmaɪəd /

noun

1. a long mournful lamentation or complaint

Word History and Origins

Origin of jeremiad¹

1770–80; Jeremi(ah) + -ad ¹ in reference to Jeremiah's Lamentations

Example Sentences

He was preening for the press, warming to another of his vicious, incoherent jeremiads when his Canadian host suggested he join the others in a bit of work.

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This wasn't far from assessments CNN contributors made Friday morning following the ex-president and current felon's rambling jeremiad.

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But Americans' choices, often informed by bad or misleading data, political jeremiads, or profit-seeking advertising, are among the causes.

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For an outsider with no political experience beyond his cable news appearances and his “anti-woke” jeremiads against corporate liberalism, Mr. Ramaswamy is showing some staying power.

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So much for the phony public jeremiads from Norman and his chief recruiter, Mickelson, about how LIV is some kind of liberation from PGA Tour oppression and is the future of the game.

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Related Words

• diatribe 
• screed