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DIATRIBE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diatribe mean? 

DIATRIBE (noun)
  The noun DIATRIBE has 1 sense:

1. thunderous verbal attackplay

  Familiarity information: DIATRIBE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DIATRIBE (noun)


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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