{ Jer`e*mi"ad, Jer`e*mi"ade }, n. [From Jeremiah, the prophet: cf. F. jérémiade.] A tale of sorrow, disappointment, or complaint; a doleful story; a dolorous tirade; -- generally used satirically.

He has prolonged his complaint into an endless jeremiad.

• a long speech or prose work that bitterly laments the state of society and its morals in a serious tone of sustained invective, and often contains a prophecy of its coming downfall