Definition for Jeremiad:

• A name suggested by the Lamentations of Jeremiah, but applied satirically to stories or speeches full of absurd pictures of exaggerated or imaginary evils.

Synonyms for Jeremiad:

• n.

  •complaint (noun)
  • moan,
  • accusation,
  • remonstrance,
  • plaint,
  • gripe,
  • lament,
  • beef,
  • whine,
  • grumble,
  • wail,
  • grievance,
  • protest,
  • charge.
  •diatribe (noun)
  • onslaught,
  • abuse,
  • tirade,
  • screed.
  •dirge (noun)
  • cry,
  • keen,
  • threnody,
  • requiem,
  • elegy,
  • monody,
  • coronach.
  •harangue (noun)
  • declamation,
  • oration,
  • exhortation,
  • speech,
  • address,
  • harangue.
  •invective (noun)
  • contumely,
  • vilification,
  • blame.
  •jeremiad (noun)
  • harangue,
  • anger,
  • condemnation,
  • philippic,
  • fulmination,
  • malediction,
  • diatribe,
  • vituperation,
  • sermon,
  • screed,
  • invective,
  • tongue-lashing,
  • censure,
  • berating,
  • lecture,
  • dispute,
  • denunciation,
  • revilement,
  • ranting.
  •lament/lamentation (noun)
  • mourning,
  • sob,
  • dirge.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • fulmination,
  • diatribe,
  • philippic,
  • harangue,
  • tirade.
  •censure
  • blame.
  •Other relevant words:
  • sackcloth and ashes,
  • condition,
  • filibuster,
  • rant,
  • howl,
  • knell,
  • murmur,
  • onslaught,
  • debate,
  • outburst,
  • bewail,
  • invective,
  • assault,
  • rankle,
  • monody,
  • grieve,
  • lachrymatory,
  • chalk talk,
  • remonstrance,
  • ailment,
  • screed,
  • criticize,
  • reading,
  • lament,
  • appeal,
  • revilement,
  • dispute,
  • exhortation,
  • denunciation,
  • elegy,
  • affection,
  • keen,
  • irritate,
  • yowl,
  • beef,
  • fulmination,
  • outcry,
  • coronach,
  • disease,
  • mourning,
  • erode,
  • sales talk,
  • cry,
  • execration,
  • belittle,
  • rub,
  • scream,
  • ranting,
  • contumely,
  • harangue,
  • plaint,
  • groan,
  • lecture,
  • diatribe,
  • inaugural,
  • gnaw,
  • moan,
  • rating,
  • philippic,
  • valedictory,
  • address,
  • wail,
  • recital,
  • gripe,
  • protest,
  • tirade,
  • allocution,
  • blame,
  • grumble,
  • mutter,
  • deplore,
  • requiem,
  • attack,
  • bother,
  • bawl,
  • abuse,
  • censure,
  • talk,
  • threnody,
  • anger,
  • oration,
  • whine,
  • speech,
  • lamentation,
  • malediction,
  • peroration,
  • pep talk,
  • Salutatory,
  • mourn,
  • Epicedium,
  • sermon,
  • regret,
  • weeds,
  • accusation,
  • vilification,
  • declamation,
  • yawp,
  • condemn,
  • willow,
  • say,
  • disorder,
  • choke,
  • complaint,
  • bemoan,
  • crape,
  • talkathon,
  • whimper,
  • recitation,
  • Jeremiade,
  • complain,
  • Threne,
  • cypress,
  • Jawing,
  • berating,
  • depreciate,
  • dirge,
  • weep,
  • Nenia,
  • grievance,
  • annoy,
  • deprecate,
  • tongue-lashing,
  • sob,
  • pitch,
  • charge,
  • vituperation,
  • scrape,
  • condemnation.

Antonyms for Jeremiad:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    approval, commendation, accolade, citation, acclaim, acclamation, eulogy, homage, panegyric, ovation, blessing, rave, honor, tribute, sanction, rhapsody, encomium, praise, endorsement, plaudit.