critical speech, tongue lashing, tirade, satirical criticism, bitter verbal attack, fulmination
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Diatribe Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, an acrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, an acrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic.
diatribe
\di"a*tribe\ (?; 277), n. [l. diatriba a learned discussion, gr. &?;, prop., a wearing away of time, fr. &?; to rub away, spend time; dia` through + &?; to rub: cf. l. terere, f. trite: cf. f. diatribe.] a prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, an acrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic. the ephemeral diatribe of a faction. morley.
A bitter or malicious criticism.
Thunderous verbal attack
eg:It is almost impossible to find a mainstream critique of the horror of the Taliban that is not itself an Islamophobic diatribe(Arzu Merali Friday June 21, 2002 The Guardian)
eg:It is almost impossible to find a mainstream critique of the horror of the Taliban that is not itself an Islamophobic diatribe(Arzu Merali Friday June 21, 2002 The Guardian)
Noun
1. thunderous verbal attack
(synonym) fulmination
(hypernym) denunciation, denouncement
Diatribe Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Diatribe may refer to:
- Diatribe (newspaper column), a weekly newspaper column
- Diatribe (band), an industrial rock group from the 1990s
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