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?