diatribes
Long angry speeches
Diatribes are bitter, prolonged verbal attacks—speeches or writings marked by harsh criticism and denunciation.
The word implies more than simple disagreement; a diatribe is aggressive, often excessive in its condemnation: His memoir devolved into diatribes against former colleagues.
A single such attack is a diatribe.
Extended angry speech
- harangueAggressive lengthy scolding
- rantAngry prolonged outburst
- screedLong tedious rant
- philippicBitter accusatory speech
jeremiad · invective · fulmination · declamation · polemic · broadside · verbal assault · monologue
Formal public accusation
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- excoriationHarsh criticism; skin abrasion
- castigationSevere verbal criticism
vituperation · reproach · rebuke · attack · disparagement · opprobrium · faultfinding · animadversion
tirade
Extended angry speech
philippic · jeremiad · invective · fulmination · declamation · polemic · broadside · verbal assault · monologue · lecture
denunciation
Formal public accusation
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- excoriationHarsh criticism; skin abrasion
castigation · vituperation · reproach · rebuke · attack · disparagement · opprobrium · faultfinding · animadversion · takedown
vehemence
Forceful emotional passion
indignation · wrath · anger · bitterness · scorn · contempt · hostility · fervor · intensity · bile
- tiradestirades, tirade, rants, rant, harangues
- political writingspolitical essays, political manifestos, manifestos, political philosophy, treatises
- oratorypublic speaking, speeches, oration, orations, addresses
- speechesspeech, addresses, historic speeches, lecture, soliloquy
- rhetoricrhetoric, persuasion, oratory, argumentation, debate
- bombastbombast, grandiloquence, magniloquence, pomposity, fustian
diatribespanegyrics
Elaborate public eulogies
encomiums · compliments · praise · eulogies · tributes