diatribe

noun

ˈdī-ə-ˌtrīb How to pronounce diatribe (audio)
Definition of diatribenext
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 In his on-court diatribe, Pospisil threatened to sue the tour; the ATP threatened to fine him thousands of dollars. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 25 July 2026 From sunburn complications to being on the receiving end of a Whitney Duncan diatribe, Cochran went through the reality TV wringer twice and lived to tell the tale. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026 On Wednesday night, Kennedy responded to the report with an 871-word diatribe on social media against the reporter, veteran journalist Sheryl Gay Stolberg, and the Times. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026 Last year, Karp went on a week-long diatribe mocking investors who sold their shares in the company, as Palantir’s stock price dipped by over 11 percent. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for diatribe
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diatribe
  1. tirade
  2. attack
  3. jeremiad
  4. rant
  5. criticism
  6. sermon
  7. lecture
  8. harangue
Noun
  • Enes Kanter Freedom exposes Natasha Cloud's profane tirade after WNBA ejection.
    — , FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Ontario Premier Doug Ford unleashed his own tirade.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of tirade
Noun
  • The country's armed forces said that it was targeted by a missile attack that originated from Iranian territory.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Mamdani applauded police for stopping the attack but said an internal investigation would be conducted.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of attack
Noun
  • Kelaidis reads their popularity as evidence that historical scholarship has become a kind of liberal jeremiad, offering moral reassurance through historical analogy.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of jeremiad
Noun
  • Pay attention to the angry rant from last week about the missing coffee maker, but ignore the five-star review from 2019.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
  • But then there was a twist in Williams’ thinking, as the eight-minute bathroom rant continued.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of rant
Noun
  • But the lobbyist has doubled down on her criticism of McCuskey in a recent letter to Illinois’ four top legislative leaders and obtained by the Tribune.
    — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The sharpest criticism of the deal came from Venezuelan opposition figures, who argue that a caretaker administration installed after a foreign military operation has no standing to sign away a century of oil rights.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of criticism
Noun
  • The board brought in Pam Muise, a pastor who knew Miller as a child, to help preach some sermons.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
  • His Atlanta sermon comes as political campaigns and outside organizations ramp up voter outreach ahead of elections this fall.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of sermon
Noun
  • One theoretical reason, Flanigan said, is that taking notes by hand creates a more meaningful and deeply processed record of information from a class lecture or meeting.
    — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • There are two scenes in particular where Tucker is in the background as Joe digs into these guys in the hotel room and at the college lecture.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 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
Definition of harangue

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