diatribe
- a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism: repeated diatribes against the senator.
Origin of diatribe
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tirade, invective, denunciation, jeremiad, screed, philippic, castigation, objection, onslaught, abuse, disputation, stricture, vituperation, revilingExamples from the Web for diatribe
Contemporary Examples of diatribe
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.
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The remark was meant as a compliment; it occurs in the midst of a diatribe against Jews for joking too much.
But Klein has now unleashed a very public Facebook diatribe against the board.
Historical Examples of diatribe
Jill had listened to this diatribe with a certain uneasiness.
Jill the RecklessP. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Aileen could not help smiling at this diatribe on "the times."
Flamsted quarriesMary E. Waller
Oh, whats the use, said Tom at length, interrupting a diatribe.
The Bungalow Boys North of Fifty-ThreeDexter J. Forrester
This diatribe he concluded thus: ‘You know we owe England nothing.’
Theodore Watts-DuntonJames Douglas
In the midst of the diatribe I stroll across to the aquarium.
Naples Past and PresentArthur H. Norway
diatribe
- a bitter or violent criticism or attack; denunciation
Word Origin for diatribe
Word Origin and History for diatribe
1640s (in Latin form in English from 1580s), "discourse, critical dissertation," from French diatribe (15c.), from Latin diatriba "learned discussion," from Greek diatribe "employment, study," in Plato, "discourse," literally "a wearing away (of time)," from dia- "away" (see dia-) + tribein "to wear, rub," from PIE root *ter- "to rub, turn, twist" (see throw). Sense of "invective" is 1804, apparently from French.