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diatribe

[ dahy-uh-trahyb ]

noun

  1. a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism:

    repeated diatribes against the senator.

    Synonyms: harangue, tirade



diatribe

/ ˈdaɪəˌtraɪb /

noun

  1. a bitter or violent criticism or attack; denunciation


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Word History and Origins

Origin of diatribe1

1575–85; < Latin diatriba < Greek diatribḗ pastime, study, discourse, derivative of diatríbein to rub away ( dia- dia- + tríbein to rub)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of diatribe1

C16: from Latin diatriba learned debate, from Greek diatribē discourse, pastime, from diatribein to while away, from dia- + tribein to rub

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Example Sentences

Dix, a founding member of the RCP, spoke in a flowing diatribe as we walked amid the crowd that night.

But his diatribe in The Hague got him just the sort of international attention he wanted.

This diatribe against the pitiful Washington Redskins summed it all up for their fans.

What the diatribe lacked in grammatical proficiency, it made up for in drama.

Which we should remember every time we read an indignant diatribe against someone we don't know, by someone we don't know.

The diatribe closed with a really graceful poem, and the whole was no doubt highly regarded by the Enterprise readers.

Thus, I am not at all sure what Mr. Fuller really said; but there is no doubt whatever of the indignation kindled by his diatribe.

Forbes was startled to realize that he was included in the diatribe, and that those ferocious words were applied to Persis, too.

Hence, in the case of Valckenaer, we must derive the contradictions in his diatribe.

To some eyes it underlies them most when it is most ambitious, as in the Le Fevre story and the diatribe against critics.

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