Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A bitter, abusive denunciation.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as diatribe
- n. A continued discourse or disputation.
- n. Specifically.
- n. A bitter and violent criticism; a strain of invective.
Wiktionary
- n. An abusive, bitter denunciation.
- n. A prolonged discourse.
- n. A speech or writing which bitterly denounces something.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, an acrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic.
WordNet 3.0
- n. thunderous verbal attack
Etymologies
- First attested 1581, from Latin diatriba ("learned discussion or discourse"), from Ancient Greek διατριβή (diatribē, "way of spending time, lecture"), from διά (dia, "through") + τρίβω (tribō, "I waste, wear out") (Wiktionary)
- Latin diatriba, learned discourse, from Greek diatribē, pastime, lecture, from diatrībein, to consume, wear away : dia-, intensive pref.; see dia- + trībein, to rub; see terə-1 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“This diatribe is about adding some balance to the world of programming.”
“It sets me apart while it declares that I'm a member of a group - and I guess that the end point of this diatribe is as follows: these days, (a).”
“This diatribe is about companies with lousy customer service.”
“Although Canzano's diatribe is not really worthy of a response, I've blacked out the child's face on this blog.”
“The ratio of insightful comment to shrill diatribe is about one in ten.”
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“With that in the background, Myley Cyrus has launched an attack against peope who slag others online, and given her a huge popularity with teenage girls, her mini-diatribe is likely do some good.”
“No, what incites this diatribe is those four words of putative explanation: '' I made a mistake. '”
“For what it is, Todd's C-SPAN diatribe is scathing!”
The Washington Post: David Arquette? The subtle art of the C-SPAN breakup
“Your diatribe is filled with so many distortions that I will not even attempt to refute them.”
Think Progress » 170 House Republicans rebuff Steele by voting to ban RNC’s ‘Census’ mailer.
“I am sure this diatribe is going to play well in the coal mining states.”
Think Progress » Rush Lies Again: ‘There Were Union Workers’ At Non-Union Mine Explosion
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘diatribe’.
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1100
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Test Prep or Just for fun
Building a list for standardized test prep or just for learning some new words! Please add any words that you feel are important for the SAT/GRE/GMAT etc...
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GRE Barron's 800
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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2nd part
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GRE 2014
abase, abate, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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From reading
Collected from reading
venerate, reprobate, reticent, adoration, ethereal, ephemeral, equivocal, contumacious, heinous, solicitous, agnostic, aberration and 335 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
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Ecology
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February 2012
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GRE 1100
drudgery, implore, hapless, nuance, wrest, incipient, inadvertent, tremulous, bristle, euphemism, disdain, pugnacious and 346 more...
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Favorites
A few of my favorite words.
glen, advocate, california, bass, search, management, compassion, empathy, diatribe, department, scale, fugue and 6 more...
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Old words
recalcitrant, grok, Hiatus, shanghai, pervade, diffuse, tempestuous, incorrigible, daunt, cull, Erudite, Assuage and 35 more...
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big book gre
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gre2
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Not quite love
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