noun
- prolonged complaints or lamentations; bitter denunciations or prophecies of doom
Usage: formal; literary
Examples
- The politician’s jeremiads about the state of the economy grew tiresome.
- Environmental activists delivered jeremiads about climate change at the conference.
- His constant jeremiads about modern society made him unpopular at parties.
- The newspaper was filled with jeremiads about declining moral standards.
- She grew weary of her grandfather’s jeremiads about the younger generation.
- The prophet’s jeremiads warned of impending disaster if the people didn’t change their ways.