diatribe

First attested 1581, borrowed from French diatribe, from Latin diatriba (“learned discussion or discourse”), from Ancient Greek διατριβή (diatribḗ, “way of spending time, lecture”), from διά (diá, “through”) + τρίβω (tríbō, “I waste, wear out”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ.əˌtɹaɪb/

diatribe (plural diatribes)

1. An abusive, bitter, attack, or criticism: denunciation.
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:

     “… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. If this long diatribe bores you, just say so, and I’ll cut it short.”

   • 1991, Bill Crow, Jazz Anecdotes‎, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 316:

     You know, it’s all this racial diatribe, and very strong language, screaming at the top of his lungs into the telephone.

   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Scholastic Press, →ISBN, page 41:

     Aunt Petunia wasn’t eating anything at all. Her arms were folded, her lips were pursed, and she seemed to be chewing her tongue, as though biting back the furious diatribe she longed to throw at Harry.

2. A prolonged discourse.
3. A speech or writing which bitterly denounces something.

   The senator was prone to diatribes which could go on for more than an hour.

• See also Thesaurus:diatribe

• diatribal

From Latin diatriba (“learned discussion or discourse”), from Ancient Greek διατριβή (diatribḗ, “way of spending time, lecture”), from διά (diá, “through”) + τρίβω (tríbō, “I waste, wear out”)

• IPA^(key): /dja.tʁib/

diatribe f (plural diatribes)

1. diatribe (abusive, bitter discourse)

• English: diatribe
• Portuguese: diatribe
• Spanish: diatriba

• “diatribe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

diatribe f

1. plural of diatriba

• ibridate
• ribadite

Borrowed from French diatribe.

• Hyphenation: di‧a‧tri‧be

diatribe f (plural diatribes)

1. diatribe (bitter denunciation)

   Synonyms: catilinária, injúria

2. diatribe (prolongued discourse)