DIATRIBE Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

diatribe

noun

ˈdī-ə-ˌtrīb

Definition of diatribe

as in tirade

a long angry speech or scolding he was forced to sit through a long diatribe after he came home late once too often

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Recent Examples of diatribe Trump’s social media feed and rhetoric overflow with racist diatribes. — Laura Washington, Mercury News, 9 June 2026 Trump’s social media feed and rhetoric overflow with racist diatribes. — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026 After reading your recent diatribe likening Bo Nix’s ankle, Cale Makar’s shoulder and Nathan MacKinnon’s knee to a Billy Goat-esque jinx, my fingers almost fell off from playing the world’s smallest violin for hours on end. — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 29 May 2026 Postecoglou had the knack of answering a question about his options at right-back with a diatribe about his time at Tottenham Hotspur. — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for diatribe

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Noun

After France knocked out Paraguay in this year’s World Cup, Paraguayan senator Celeste Amarilla launched her own racist tirade attacking Mbappé and his national identity.

— Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
The publicist has contacted SPIN’s top management with a tirade against me.

— Matt Thompson, SPIN, 13 July 2026

Definition of tirade

Noun

Iran’s new energy weapon Following the start of US- and Israeli-led attacks on February 28, Iran almost immediately declared the Strait of Hormuz closed, creating the largest oil supply shock in history.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
While setting up an attack near the France box, midfielder Dani Olmo overcame a hard challenge that knocked him down to play a through ball to Pedro Porro.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026

Definition of attack

Noun

The question, of course, is what we are supposed to do with these bourgeois jeremiads against bourgeois civilization, beyond enjoying them as high-end primal-scream therapy.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
The jeremiads against gambling as a corrupting influence have conveniently quieted.

— Made by History, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025

Definition of jeremiad

Noun

Likewise, who is looking for a sports talk show to argue that white people are better at golf, as Smith also claimed during his rant?

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Following the deaths of director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, the president went on a rant about the couple for their progressive politics.

— Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026

Definition of rant

Noun

If a street preacher shouts their sermon into a bullhorn on a public street, and a nearby business owner calls the police, who is in the right?

— Emily Holshouser July 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026
The Cupichs attended a parish where mass was celebrated in Latin (the liturgical changes of the Second Vatican Council were yet to come) but the sermons were spoken in Croatian.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026

Definition of sermon

Noun

Classical fans who missed festival co-artistic director Susan Waterfall’s lecture and documentary on the master can stream the film for free (though donations are encouraged).

— Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
In 2009, when D’Souza was a student at Oxford, the venture capitalist Peter Thiel gave a guest lecture.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

Definition of lecture

Noun

Stephen Adly Guirgis, a New York playwright who specializes in urban pressure-cooker dramas, has a gift for writing subway strap-hanger harangues.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
The Americans were prepared for a lecture from Russia’s longtime foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, who is well known for his tedious harangues.

— Michael Crowley, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025

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