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Antonyms for diatribe

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dahy-uh-trahyb
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdaɪ əˌtraɪb


Definition of diatribe

Origin :
  • 1640s (in Latin form in English from 1580s), "discourse, critical dissertation," from French diatribe (15c.), from Latin diatriba "learned discussion," from Greek diatribe "employment, study," in Plato, "discourse," literally "a wearing away (of time)," from dia- "away" (see dia-) + tribein "to wear, rub," from PIE root *ter- "to rub, turn, twist" (see throw). Sense of "invective" is 1804, apparently from French.
  • noun harangue, criticism
Example sentences :
  • Jill had listened to this diatribe with a certain uneasiness.
  • Extract from : « Jill the Reckless » by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
  • Aileen could not help smiling at this diatribe on "the times."
  • Extract from : « Flamsted quarries » by Mary E. Waller
  • Oh, whats the use, said Tom at length, interrupting a diatribe.
  • Extract from : « The Bungalow Boys North of Fifty-Three » by Dexter J. Forrester
  • This diatribe he concluded thus: ‘You know we owe England nothing.’
  • Extract from : « Theodore Watts-Dunton » by James Douglas
  • In the midst of the diatribe I stroll across to the aquarium.
  • Extract from : « Naples Past and Present » by Arthur H. Norway
  • The other's voice was meekly plaintive as he awaited a renewal of the diatribe.
  • Extract from : « Henry Horn's X-Ray Eye Glasses » by Dwight V. Swain
  • The seora's tongue wagged on in a diatribe of accusation and pity.
  • Extract from : « A Prairie Infanta » by Eva Wilder Brodhead
  • Seyd concluded a diatribe on the Mexican mozo in general while they were dressing.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of The Barranca » by Herman Whitaker
  • Renard did not notice my silence, however, but continued his diatribe.
  • Extract from : « A Tatter of Scarlet » by S. R. Crockett
  • The Diatribe, however, is not all mere laughter; there is a real criticism in it, too.
  • Extract from : « Books and Characters » by Lytton Strachey

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