diatribe
diatribe
Definition
dia·tribe (dī′ə trīb′)
noun
a bitter, abusive criticism or denunciation
Etymology: Fr < L diatriba, learned discussion < Gr diatribē, a wearing away < diatribein < dia-, through + tribein, to rub, akin to L terere, to rub: see throw
diatribe
Synonyms
diatribe
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- write: A few years later I took my revenge by writing a diatribe against presentiments.
- ramble: Somewhat rambling diatribe against the education offered by Balliol as being unsuitable for today's young men. [ 8 ] H. Fairbrother to BJ.
- read: I felt I was reading a diatribe from someone with a personal ax to grind, rather than a scholarly or well researched biography.
- deliver: They would deliver a diatribe, a dialectical discourse, a slogan or sermon, at the drop of a hat.
- include: We are given a talk each morning on the day's activities, which includes a diatribe on geological formations of the canyon.
- hear: Today one has only to go to Russia, eastern Europe or the Arab countries to hear the same anti-semitic diatribes.
Adjective modifier
- usual: I won't bother repeating his words, suffice to say they are the usual offensive diatribe.
- political: Serious academic work merits serious academic criticism, not a political diatribe.
- long: In this long diatribe, you begin to reveal yourself to me.
- bloodcurdling: On the whole, however, bloodcurdling diatribes are better studied in the hours of darkness than in the morning.
- lengthy: After which Seneca launches into a lengthy moral diatribe against anger in any of its forms.
- bitter: Why is it that so many messages these days are packed with bitter personal diatribes?
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