1. 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.