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jeremiad::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | complaint |
a jeremiad against any form of government.
Examples of jeremiad
jeremiad
U.S. officials have since depicted Guan's three-minute jeremiad as an anomaly.
From the washingtonpost.com
All stories that are negative about America are not jeremiad, not likely most.
From the economist.com
Mr Bacevich's strongly felt and elegantly written book is indeed a jeremiad.
From the economist.com
At times, he seems apprehensive about the effect his jeremiad may have on his readers.
From the nytimes.com
Mainly, though, the note was a rambling jeremiad against the United States.
From the dealbook.nytimes.com
I wrote one such jeremiad five years ago and, fingers crossed, this won't be another.
From the guardian.co.uk
Ryan Seacrest delivers a spot-on jeremiad against the entertainment-industrial complex.
From the washingtonpost.com
His most recent presentation was one long anti-Aubrey McClendon jeremiad.
From the forbes.com
Now comes the compulsory jeremiad on America's imperilled exceptionalism.
From the economist.com
- A long and mournful complaint; "a jeremiad against any form of government"
- A jeremiad is a long literary work, usually in prose, but sometimes in poetry, in which the author bitterly laments the state of society and its morals in a serious tone of sustained invective, and always contains a prophecy of society's imminent downfall.
- A tale of woe, a complaining or protesting against the world. Every good protest songwriter has written one.
- A tale of sorrow or disappointment, an angry tirade
- A prolonged lamentation or complaint
