diatribe

Diatribe – Word of the Day

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/ˈdʌɪətrʌɪb/

Meaning

  • a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something

Sample Sentences

  • Our manager privately subjected a few of us to a lengthy diatribe about how terrible the company’s new policy is.
  • I’d prefer a reasoned argument to the diatribes that typically litter the newspaper’s editorial page.

Related words

tirade, harangue, verbal onslaught, verbal attack, stream of abuse, denunciation,

Further Reading

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diatribe

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