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jeremiad

American  
[jer-uh-mahy-uhd, -ad] / ˌdʒɛr əˈmaɪ əd, -æd /

noun

  1. a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint.

jeremiad British  
/ ˌdʒɛrɪˈmaɪəd /

noun

  1. a long mournful lamentation or complaint

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Etymology

Origin of jeremiad

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

Example Sentences

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His underlying idea isn’t a jeremiad against AI as a whole, but that the market has detached from reality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

I don’t intend this column to be either a jeremiad or a lambasting of marijuana.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2024

But the HBO show is a savage jeremiad, inspiring sympathy for its characters only insofar as they’re prisoners of familial pathology.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2022

After this jeremiad for a nation in crisis, one wonders how Osnos can possibly suggest a way out.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2021

Still other insects, unseen but none the less busy, added to the burden of his jeremiad.

From From Place to Place by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

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