plural divas or dive
ˈdē-(ˌ)vā 
1
a
music
: prima donna sense 1
b
: prima donna sense 2
… if a team asks me to play somewhere else, I'm not going to be a diva about it.—
Ettore Lattanzio
Ettore Lattanzio2
: a usually glamorous and successful female performer or personality (see personality sense 4b)
a fashion diva
especially
: a popular female singer
pop divas
The original diva and Queen Of Soul, Aretha Franklin, appears to have brought US President Barack Obama to tears (and then to his feet) with a stellar performance of (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman … —Tom Williams
Tom Williams 
Examples of diva in a Sentence
the reigning diva of daytime television
Recent Examples on the Web
Like Kid Cudi as a type-A star who crashes Lady Raven’s concert and, in a bleach-blonde wig that’s giving more Jynx the Pokemon than pop diva vibes, coquettishly winks at hot dad Cooper backstage.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2024
Some of Russia’s most beloved singers — including legendary pop diva Alla Pugacheva, rock star Zemfira and singer-songwriter Monetochka — have also fled abroad with their families.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
Characterising the singer as a diva is a reach that ultimately grasps onto the stereotypes Black women are often prescribed unfairly.
—Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 3 June 2024
After the demo work but before the re-construction, Stewart got into a kerfuffle with the next-door neighbor, real estate developer Harry Macklowe, over a row of shrubs the domestic diva claimed the property tycoon planted on her property.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 26 July 2024
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2024
Some of Russia’s most beloved singers — including legendary pop diva Alla Pugacheva, rock star Zemfira and singer-songwriter Monetochka — have also fled abroad with their families.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
Characterising the singer as a diva is a reach that ultimately grasps onto the stereotypes Black women are often prescribed unfairly.
—Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 3 June 2024
After the demo work but before the re-construction, Stewart got into a kerfuffle with the next-door neighbor, real estate developer Harry Macklowe, over a row of shrubs the domestic diva claimed the property tycoon planted on her property.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 26 July 2024
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“Diva.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diva. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.
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