"diatribe" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdaɪ.əˌtɹaɪb/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-diatribe.wav Forms: diatribes [plural]
enPR: dīˈ -ə-trībˌ Etymology: First attested 1581, borrowed from French diatribe, from Latin diatriba (“learned discussion or discourse”), from Ancient Greek διατριβή (diatribḗ, “way of spending time, lecture”), from διά (diá, “through”) + τρίβω (tríbō, “I waste, wear out”) Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*terh₁-}}, {{bor|en|fr|diatribe}} French diatribe, {{der|en|la|diatriba||learned discussion or discourse}} Latin diatriba (“learned discussion or discourse”), {{der|en|grc|διατριβή||way of spending time, lecture}} Ancient Greek διατριβή (diatribḗ, “way of spending time, lecture”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} diatribe (plural diatribes)
  1. An abusive, bitter verbal or written attack, criticism or denunciation. Synonyms: diatribe Translations (bitter denunciation): διατριβή (diatribḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), jízlivost [feminine] (Czech), (slovní) výpad [masculine] (Czech), diatriba [feminine] (Czech), tirade (Dutch), vuodatus (Finnish), diatribe [feminine] (French), gehässiger Angriff [masculine] (German), Hetze [feminine] (German), Hetzrede [feminine] (German), Hetzschrift [feminine] (German), Ausfall [masculine] (German), καταγγελία (katangelía) [feminine] (Greek), gyalázkodás (Hungarian), diatriba [feminine] (Italian), diatribe [feminine] (Portuguese), diatribă [feminine] (Romanian), диатри́ба (diatríba) [feminine] (Russian), обличительная речь (obličitelʹnaja rečʹ) [feminine] (Russian), diatriba (Spanish), stridsskrift [common-gender] (Swedish), angrepp [neuter] (Swedish), utfall [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-diatribe-en-noun-B5GOWATh Disambiguation of 'bitter denunciation': 96 4
  2. A prolonged discourse; a long-winded speech. Translations (prolonged discourse): διατριβή (diatribḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), diatriba [feminine] (Czech), tirade (Dutch), diatribe (French), Suada [feminine] (German), διατριβή (diatriví) [feminine] (Greek), diatribo (Ido), diatriba [feminine] (Italian), concione [feminine] (Italian), arringa [feminine] (Italian), diatribe [feminine] (Portuguese), diatriba (Romanian), диатри́ба (diatríba) [feminine] (Russian), diatriba (Spanish), utläggning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-diatribe-en-noun-FUZjCm1d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 2 11 41 42 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of 'prolonged discourse': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: speech Derived forms: diatribal Related terms: deride, dispute, offend

Inflected forms

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          "text": "“… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. If this long diatribe bores you, just say so, and I’ll cut it short.”",
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          "text": "You know, it’s all this racial diatribe, and very strong language, screaming at the top of his lungs into the telephone.",
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    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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      "word": "deride"
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          "ref": "1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:",
          "text": "“… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. If this long diatribe bores you, just say so, and I’ll cut it short.”",
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          "ref": "1991, Bill Crow, Jazz Anecdotes, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 316:",
          "text": "You know, it’s all this racial diatribe, and very strong language, screaming at the top of his lungs into the telephone.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2000 July 8, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], “Back to the Burrow”, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter; 4), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 40:",
          "text": "Aunt Petunia wasn’t eating anything at all. Her arms were folded, her lips were pursed and she seemed to be chewing her tongue, as though biting back the furious diatribe she longed to throw at Harry.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 May 5, Philip Haigh, “I think we need better than this from the rail industry”, in RAIL, number 930, page 51:",
          "text": "Lest this [be] read as a diatribe against DfT, I have some sympathy with it. That's because whenever there's a problem with the railway, the industry's solution is to ask DfT for billions of pounds.",
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        "An abusive, bitter verbal or written attack, criticism or denunciation."
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      "ipa": "/ˈdaɪ.əˌtɹaɪb/"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:diatribe",
      "word": "admonition"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:diatribe",
      "word": "condemnation"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:diatribe",
      "word": "diatribe"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:diatribe",
      "word": "dithyramb"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:diatribe",
      "word": "harangue"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:diatribe",
      "word": "impugnation"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:diatribe",
      "word": "j'accuse"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:diatribe",
      "word": "jeremiad"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:diatribe",
      "word": "philippic"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:diatribe",
      "word": "polemic"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:diatribe",
      "word": "rant"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:diatribe",
      "word": "screed"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:diatribe",
      "word": "slanging match"
    },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:diatribe",
      "word": "tirade"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jízlivost"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "(slovní) výpad"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "diatriba"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "word": "tirade"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "word": "vuodatus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diatribe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gehässiger Angriff"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hetze"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hetzrede"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hetzschrift"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ausfall"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katangelía",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "καταγγελία"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "diatribḗ",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διατριβή"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "word": "gyalázkodás"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diatriba"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diatribe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diatribă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diatríba",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "диатри́ба"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obličitelʹnaja rečʹ",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "обличительная речь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "word": "diatriba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stridsskrift"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "angrepp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bitter denunciation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "utfall"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "prolonged discourse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diatriba"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "prolonged discourse",
      "word": "tirade"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "prolonged discourse",
      "word": "diatribe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "prolonged discourse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Suada"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diatriví",
      "sense": "prolonged discourse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διατριβή"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "diatribḗ",
      "sense": "prolonged discourse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διατριβή"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "prolonged discourse",
      "word": "diatribo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "prolonged discourse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diatriba"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "prolonged discourse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "concione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "prolonged discourse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "arringa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "prolonged discourse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diatribe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "prolonged discourse",
      "word": "diatriba"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diatríba",
      "sense": "prolonged discourse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "диатри́ба"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "prolonged discourse",
      "word": "diatriba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "prolonged discourse",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "utläggning"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diatribe"
}

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