jeremiad
/ˌd͡ʒɛɹ.əˈmaɪ.əd/noun
jeremiad is spelled J-E-R-E-M-I-A-D: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jeremiad means “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” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jeremiad is jeremiads.
How many letters and syllables are in jeremiad?
| Letters | 8: J-E-R-E-M-I-A-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 165,739th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is jeremiad?
Jeremiad appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce jeremiad?
- US /ˌd͡ʒɛɹ.əˈmaɪ.əd/
Jeremiad has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-jeremiad.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of jeremiad
- jeremiads plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jeremiad mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 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.
Near-synonyms: diatribe, tirade, lamentation, lament, litany; see also Thesaurus:diatribe
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Jeremiad in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense long speech or prose work:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does jeremiad come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).