diatribe
21diatribe — 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 …
22diatribe — [16] Diatribe’s connotations of acrimoniousness and abusiveness are a relatively recent (19th century) development. Originally in English it meant simply ‘learned discourse or disquisition’. It comes via Latin diatriba from Greek diatribé ‘that… …
23diatribe — [[t]da͟ɪ͟ətraɪb[/t]] diatribes N COUNT: usu with supp A diatribe is an angry speech or article which is extremely critical of someone s ideas or activities. The last chapter of this book is an extended diatribe against the academic left. Syn:… …
24diatribe — [16] Diatribe’s connotations of acrimoniousness and abusiveness are a relatively recent (19th century) development. Originally in English it meant simply ‘learned discourse or disquisition’. It comes via Latin diatriba from Greek diatribé ‘that… …
25diatribe — 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 …
26diatribe — /duy euh truyb /, n. a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism: repeated diatribes against the senator. [1575 85; < L diatriba < Gk diatribé pastime, study, discourse, deriv. of diatríbein to rub away (dia DIA + tríbein to… …
27diatribe — (di a tri b ) s. f. 1° Dissertation critique : sens ancien et à peu près tombé en désuétude. 2° Par extension, écrit, discours violent et injurieux ; critique amère. • L Anti Caton de César était un libelle ; mais César fit plus de mal à… …
28diatribe — 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… …
29Diatribe — Di|a|tri|be auch: Di|at|ri|be 〈f.; Gen.: , Pl.: n; Lit.〉 Streit , Schmähschrift, gelehrte Abhandlung od. Unterhaltung [Etym.: <grch. diatribe »Zeitverlust, Zeitvertreib, Beschäftigung, Gespräch«] …
30Diatribe — Dia|tri|be* die; , n <über lat. diatriba aus gleichbed. gr. diatribe̅, eigtl. »das Zerreiben« zu diatríbein »zerreiben«> moralische Schrift, die durch Dialoge auf Einwände eines (fiktiven) Zuhörers eingeht …
