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Synonyms for screed
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : skreed |
| Phonetic Transcription : skrid |
Top 10 synonyms for screed Other synonyms for the word screed
- abuse
- address
- allocution
- anger
- arrangement
- assize
- berating
- brief
- bulletin
- canon
- castigation
- catalogue
- censure
- census
- chalk talk
- chewing out
- command
- commandment
- condemnation
- contents
- criterion
- declamation
- declaration
- decree
- decretum
- descant
- dictate
- dictionary
- directory
- discourse
- disputation
- dispute
- disquisition
- dissertation
- docket
- doctrine
- dogma
- draft
- enumeration
- epilogue
- exhortation
- expatiation
- file
- formula
- fulmination
- gazette
- harangue
- hassle
- homily
- index
- invective
- inventory
- invoice
- jeremiad
- law
- lecture
- lexicon
- lineup
- list
- listing
- loop
- malediction
- manifest
- maxim
- memorandum
- menu
- monologue
- objection
- onslaught
- oration
- order
- ordinance
- outline
- panel
- peroration
- philippic
- poll
- precept
- prelection
- principle
- program
- prospectus
- ranting
- reading out
- recitation
- register
- regulation
- revilement
- reviling
- roll
- roll call
- row
- schedule
- screed
- scroll
- series
- sermon
- slate
- speech
- spiel
- spouting
- standard
- statistics
- statute
- stricture
- syllabus
- table
- tally
- tenet
- thesaurus
- ticket
- timetable
- tirade
- tongue-lashing
- touchstone
- vituperation
- vocabulary
- yardstick
Définition of screed
Origin :- early 14c., "fragment," also "strip of cloth," from northern England dialectal variant of Old English screade (see shred (n.)). Meaning "lengthy speech" is first recorded 1789, from notion of reading from a long list.
- As in list : noun record, tabulation
- As in talk : noun speech, address to group
- As in tirade : noun abuse, outburst
- As in canon : noun rule, edict
- As in jeremiad : noun tirade
- As in diatribe : noun harangue, criticism
- As in harangue : noun long lecture
- This screed, remarkable as it was, had no mystery for Goodwin.
- Extract from : « Cabbages and Kings » by O. Henry
- I am sending this as an antidote for my doleful Sunday screed.
- Extract from : « Mistress Anne » by Temple Bailey
- I have no leisure now for this screed, mother; read it to me later, an you will.
- Extract from : « Robin Hood » by Paul Creswick
- Now lets have that screed again, Tom, and Ill have a go at translating it.
- Extract from : « Tom Fairfield in Camp » by Allen Chapman
- I offered him a shilling if he could "screed me aff effectual calling."
- Extract from : « An American Four-In-Hand in Britain » by Andrew Carnegie
- There was no date to the screed nor was it signed; yet the Count put it to his forehead and lips.
- Extract from : « The Prince of India, Volume II » by Lew. Wallace
- And he knew her—the Her of the screed brought only that day by Ali.
- Extract from : « The Prince of India, Volume II » by Lew. Wallace
- "There, that's best I can do," he said, surveying the screed.
- Extract from : « Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) » by John McElroy
- The screed was from one scamp in the city to another scamp on the road.
- Extract from : « Ralph, the Train Dispatcher » by Allen Chapman
- Began my screed on the 'Joys of Motherhood' for the 'Delineator.'
- Extract from : « Julia Ward Howe » by Laura E. Richards
Antonyms for screed
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