"jeremiad" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌd͡ʒɛɹ.əˈmaɪ.əd/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: en-us-jeremiad.ogg [US] Forms: jeremiads [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪəd Etymology: From French jérémiade, from Jérémie, from Latin Ieremias, from Hebrew ירמיה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”). Named after biblical prophet Jeremiah, who lamented the moral state of Judah and predicted her downfall. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|jérémiade}} French jérémiade, {{m|fr|Jérémie}} Jérémie, {{der|en|la|Ieremias}} Latin Ieremias, {{der|en|he|ירמיה|gloss=Jeremiah|tr=yirm'yá}} Hebrew ירמיה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”), {{named-after/list|biblical prophet||||}} biblical prophet, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Jeremiah}} Jeremiah, {{named-after|en|Jeremiah|occ=biblical prophet|wplink==}} Named after biblical prophet Jeremiah Head templates: {{en-noun}} jeremiad (plural jeremiads)
  1. A long speech or prose work that bitterly laments the state of society and its morals, and often contains a prophecy of its coming downfall. Synonyms: lament, lamentation, tirade, diatribe Translations (long speech or prose work): jeremiada [feminine] (Catalan), 充滿怨言的著作 (Chinese Mandarin), jeremiade (Dutch), valitusvirsi (Finnish), vuodatus (Finnish), jeremiadi (Finnish), jérémiade [feminine] (French), Jeremiade (German), jeremiád (Hungarian), jeremiade (Norwegian), klagesang (Norwegian), jeremiada [feminine] (Polish), Иеремиа́да (Ijeremiáda) [feminine] (Russian), jadikovka [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), jeremiada [feminine] (Spanish), jeremiad [common-gender] (Swedish), klagovisa [common-gender] (Swedish)

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