Diatribe
['daɪətraɪb]
Definition
(n.) A prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, an acrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Disputation, dissertation, disquisition.[2]. Invective, philippic.
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Definition
n. a continued discourse or disputation: an invective harangue.—n. Dī′atrībist a writer or utterer of such.
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Examples
- He paused, flushed by his diatribe, and fixing on her a look in which resentment was the ingredient she least disliked. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But I hear there are pressing reasons for our friend Lawrence's diatribe:--typewriter this time, I understand. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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