jeremiad
noun
Ada Louise Huxtable 
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Jeremiah was a Jewish prophet, who lived from about 650 to 570 B.C. and spent his days lambasting the Hebrews for their false worship and social injustice and denouncing the king for his selfishness, materialism, and inequities. When not calling on his people to quit their wicked ways, he was lamenting his own lot; a portion of the biblical Book of Jeremiah is devoted to his "confessions," a series of lamentations on the hardships endured by a prophet with an unpopular message. Nowadays, English speakers use Jeremiah for a pessimistic person and jeremiad for the way these Jeremiahs carry on. The word jeremiad was borrowed from the French, who coined it as jérémiade.
Examples of jeremiad in a Sentence
Made By History, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
That’s not something that can be addressed fully in anything but the most jeremiad-esque of think pieces.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
Their jeremiads have scared so many people out of some amazing gains.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
The jeremiads against gambling as a corrupting influence have conveniently quieted.
— Made By History, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Jeremiad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jeremiad. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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