screed
Other forms: screeds
A screed is a long, boring speech or piece of writing with a bad attitude, like a rant. If you’ve had enough and you’re not going to take it anymore, go ahead and write an angry screed.
You can also call a screed a "harangue" or a "tirade." Another totally separate meaning of the word is “a construction tool made of wood or plaster that acts as a guide for the thickness of new plaster.” Screed originally meant "strip of cloth," like the kind you might write a long list on in the old days. Still, if you’re speaking or writing a screed, it’s like you’re reading a long tedious list.
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a long monotonous harangue
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a long piece of writingtype of:piece of writing, writing, written materialthe work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)
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an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete
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Vocabulary lists containing screed
In this essay collection, David Foster Wallace muses on everything crustaceans to Franz Kafka.
In this sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, three women navigate the repressive regime of the Republic of Gilead.
After she gets suspended from school, Zayneb takes a trip to Qatar, where she meets Adam, who is coping with the loss of his mother and keeping a major secret from his father.