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diatribe

/ˈdaɪ.əˌtɹaɪb/

diatribe noun: an abusive, bitter verbal or written attack, criticism or denunciation.

Noun

diatribe (plural diatribes)

  1. An abusive, bitter verbal or written attack, criticism or denunciation.
    • to throw a diatribe
    • The senator was prone to diatribes which could go on for more than an hour.
  2. A prolonged discourse; a long-winded speech.

diatribe meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

diatribe in Tamil

வசைமாரி

diatribe in Urdu

لن ترانی

diatribe in Malayalam

അധിക്ഷേപം, അപഭാഷണം

diatribe in Kannada

ಕಿನಿಸುಮಾತು, ಸಿಟ್ಟಿನ ಮಾತು

Examples of diatribe in a sentence

  • If this long diatribe bores you, just say so, and I’ll cut it short.”1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
  • You know, it’s all this racial diatribe, and very strong language, screaming at the top of his lungs into the telephone.1991, Bill Crow, Jazz Anecdotes, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 316:
  • Her arms were folded, her lips were pursed and she seemed to be chewing her tongue, as though biting back the furious diatribe she longed to throw at Harry.2000 July 8, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], “Back to the Burrow”, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter; 4)...
  • Lest this [be] read as a diatribe against DfT, I have some sympathy with it.2021 May 5, Philip Haigh, “I think we need better than this from the rail industry”, in RAIL, number 930, page 51:

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Synonyms of diatribe

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Forms of diatribe

pluraldiatribes

Plural of diatribe: diatribes

Origin of diatribe

First attested 1581, borrowed from French diatribe, from Latin diatriba (“learned discussion or discourse”), from Ancient Greek διατριβή (diatribḗ, “way of spending time, lecture”), from διά (diá, “through”) + τρίβω (tríbō, “to waste, wear out”)

Words formed from diatribe

Questions about diatribe

What does diatribe mean?
Diatribe means an abusive, bitter verbal or written attack, criticism or denunciation.
What is diatribe in Tamil?
Diatribe in Tamil is வசைமாரி. See Diatribe meaning in Tamil.
How do you use diatribe in a sentence?
If this long diatribe bores you, just say so, and I’ll cut it short.”
What part of speech is diatribe?
Diatribe is a noun.
How do you pronounce diatribe?
Diatribe is pronounced /ˈdaɪ.əˌtɹaɪb/.
What is the plural of diatribe?
The plural of diatribe is diatribes.

Words near diatribe in the dictionary

  1. diatreme
  2. diatremes
  3. diatreta
  4. diatretum
  5. diatribal
  6. diatribe
  7. diatribes
  8. diatribical
  9. diatribism
  10. diatribist
  11. diatribists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: diatribe (page history and authors); diatribe (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); diatribe (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); diatribe (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); diatribe (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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