1. a long speech or piece of writing that bitterly laments or complains about the state of society and morals
Usage: formal; literary

Examples

• The editorial was a jeremiad against the decline of public education.
• His speech turned into a jeremiad about the corruption of modern politics.
• The book reads like a jeremiad on the loss of traditional values.
• She delivered a passionate jeremiad about environmental destruction.
• The professor’s jeremiad about student apathy lasted the entire class period.
• Critics dismissed his latest work as just another jeremiad about technology.