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DIATRIBE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does diatribe mean?
• DIATRIBE (noun)
The noun DIATRIBE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: DIATRIBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thunderous verbal attack
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
diatribe; fulmination
Hypernyms ("diatribe" is a kind of...):
denouncement; denunciation (a public act of denouncing)
Context examples
Judge Blount ably seconded him, and Martin, whose ears had pricked at the first mention of the philosopher's name, listened to the judge enunciate a grave and complacent diatribe against Spencer.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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