screed
Long bitter rant
A screed is a long, tedious piece of writing or speech, usually a rant or harangue: He launched into a screed about government corruption.
The word carries negative connotations—screeds are tiresome and often angry.
In construction, a screed is a leveling tool or a strip of material used as a guide for smoothing concrete or plaster to an even surface.
Making flat or equal
- concreteSolid building mixture
- cementCalcium powder binding agent
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
subfloor · underlayment · finishing · aggregate · sand · self-leveling · compound · substrate
Bitter, prolonged verbal attack
- tiradeExtended angry speech
- harangueAggressive lengthy scolding
- polemicAggressive argumentative discourse
- invectiveAbusive denunciation
denunciation · fulmination · outburst · vitriol · excoriation · lambasting · castigation · bluster
Wall-coating paste
- plasteringCoating walls with morite
- renderCause to become
- wallVertical enclosing structure
- cementCalcium powder binding agent
trowel · brickwork · stonework · plasterer · float · skim · coat · rendering
Excessively wordy, tediously so
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- boringFailing to engage interest
tiresome · protracted · lengthy · interminable · ponderous · plodding · droning · unending
Judgment of faults
- attackAggressive act against another
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
reproach · reproof · disapproval · editorial · opinion · commentary · takedown · broadside
Pretentious hollow language
- verbosityUnnecessary word excess
- grandiloquencePompous, extravagant language
- pomposityExaggerated sense of importance
- fustianPretentious, inflated language
windiness · oratory · declamation · hyperbole · eloquence · bloviating · speechifying · prolixity
leveling
Making flat or equal
trowel · subfloor · underlayment · finishing · aggregate · sand · self-leveling · compound · substrate · flatness
diatribe
Bitter, prolonged verbal attack
- tiradeExtended angry speech
- harangueAggressive lengthy scolding
- polemicAggressive argumentative discourse
invective · denunciation · fulmination · outburst · vitriol · excoriation · lambasting · castigation · bluster · vehemence
plaster
Wall-coating paste
- plasteringCoating walls with morite
- renderCause to become
- wallVertical enclosing structure
cement · trowel · brickwork · stonework · plasterer · float · skim · coat · rendering · application
long-winded
Excessively wordy, tediously so
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
boring · tiresome · protracted · lengthy · interminable · ponderous · plodding · droning · unending · laborious
criticism
Judgment of faults
- attackAggressive act against another
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
censure · reproach · reproof · disapproval · editorial · opinion · commentary · takedown · broadside · indictment
bombast
Pretentious hollow language
- verbosityUnnecessary word excess
- grandiloquencePompous, extravagant language
- pomposityExaggerated sense of importance
fustian · windiness · oratory · declamation · hyperbole · eloquence · bloviating · speechifying · prolixity
- tiradestirades, tirade, rants, rant, harangues
- construction toolsshovel, level, tape measure, sledgehammer, crowbar
- opinion writingop-ed, editorial, opinion column, opinion piece, columnist
- political publicationspamphlet, leaflet, broadside, tract, political pamphlet
- protest writingmanifesto, pamphlet, polemic, protest poetry, protest songs
- levelingflattening, evening out, smoothing, planing, balancing