diatribe (noun)

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• diatribe — ► NOUN ▪ a harsh and forceful verbal attack. ORIGIN Greek, spending of time, discourse …   English terms dictionary

• Diatribe (newspaper column) — Diatribe is the name of a weekly column by Greek Australian journalist, poet and lawyer Dean Kalimniou appearing in the Melbourne Greek language newspaper Neos Kosmos since 2001. The column deals generally with issues pertaining to the Greek… …   Wikipedia

• diatribe — noun Etymology: Latin diatriba, from Greek diatribē pastime, discourse, from diatribein to spend (time), wear away, from dia + tribein to rub more at throw Date: 1581 1. archaic a prolonged discourse 2. a bitter and abusive speech or writing …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• diatribe — I noun abuse, abusive harangue, abusive language, accusation, act of berating, admonition, adverse comment, animadversion, backbiting, bitter harangue, bitter words, blame, carping, castigation, censure, chiding, complaining, condemnation,… …   Law dictionary

• diatribe — noun (C) a long speech or piece of writing that criticizes someone or something very severely (+ against): a diatribe against contemporary American civilization …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• diatribe — noun he launched into a diatribe against the Catholic Church Syn: tirade, harangue, onslaught, attack, polemic, denunciation, broadside, fulmination, condemnation, censure, criticism; informal blast; literary philippic …   Thesaurus of popular words

• diatribe — noun /ˈdaɪ.əˌtɹaɪb/ a) An abusive, bitter denunciation. The senator was prone to diatribes which could go on for more than an hour. b) A prolonged discourse …   Wiktionary

• diatribe — UK [ˈdaɪəˌtraɪb] / US noun [countable] Word forms diatribe : singular diatribe plural diatribes a speech or piece of writing that angrily attacks someone or something The senator launched into a furious diatribe against handguns …   English dictionary

• diatribe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. denunciation (see disapprobation). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. criticism, denunciation, tirade, harangue; see blame 1 , objection 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [DI uh tribe] a… …   English dictionary for students

• diatribe — di|a|tribe [ daıə,traıb ] noun count a speech or piece of writing that angrily attacks someone or something: The senator launched into a furious diatribe against handgun legislation …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• diatribe — [ dʌɪətrʌɪb] noun a forceful and bitter verbal attack. Origin C16: from Fr., via L. from Gk diatribē spending of time, discourse …   English new terms dictionary