as in tirade
a long angry speech or scolding
he was forced to sit through a long diatribe after he came home late once too often
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Recent Examples of diatribe
The mega producer has been using his production company logo (which is flashed for a second at the end of each episode) for decades to share essays, make jokes and write diatribes about the world around him.
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
This beef-ending smash hit was an unlikely marvel: a defiantly West Coast track turned national anthem, a club hit recorded by an angsty intellectual, and an angry, dense diatribe with an indelible hook.
—Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
Katie doesn’t wait for an answer, launching into a page-and-a-half diatribe against her sibling.
—Azazel Jacobs, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Corrie mostly reports on daily events, but the play allows her one diatribe, in the form of a message to her mother.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2024
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
This beef-ending smash hit was an unlikely marvel: a defiantly West Coast track turned national anthem, a club hit recorded by an angsty intellectual, and an angry, dense diatribe with an indelible hook.
—Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
Katie doesn’t wait for an answer, launching into a page-and-a-half diatribe against her sibling.
—Azazel Jacobs, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Corrie mostly reports on daily events, but the play allows her one diatribe, in the form of a message to her mother.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diatribe
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The long-term inadvertent adverse consequences could be that society as a whole will lean further and further into emotional tirades.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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His tirades to staff were matched by his abuse of punters in social media forums.Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
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Newsom has recently come under attack by critics of his handling of the historic wildfires.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
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The attack triggered a shutdown of parts of Change Healthcare’s electronic system, leaving doctors and other providers of medical care without the ability to get insurance approval of patient services.Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Their jeremiads have scared so many people out of some amazing gains.Julie Coleman, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
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Occasionally, these jeremiads leak into mainstream culture and the mass media begin to reverberate with a warning: Change your ways, Americans, or there will be hell to pay.James Morone, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
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None complained louder than state Rep. Mike Bost, a southern Illinois Republican, who went on an arm-waving rant on the House floor in 2012 over Democrats calling for a quick vote on an end-of-session pension bill.Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
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La Greca garnered national attention for quite a few of his epic rants, but none resonated more than his impassioned take on Ed Kranepool and the Mets.Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
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The criticism is somewhat reminiscent of Texans slamming Sen. Ted Cruz for fleeing to Cancun during a statewide freeze and power loss disaster in 2021.James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
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Comments Holker made to PEOPLE in a Jan. 7 interview triggered the wave of criticism.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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The elder Inzunza has been trying out earbuds that use artificial intelligence to interpret the sermon into Spanish in real time.Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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Syrian state television reported that the sermon was delivered by Mohammed al-Bashir, the interim prime minister installed by HTS this week.ALBERT AJI AND MATTHEW LEE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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His campaigning—in the form of lectures and articles—did not qualify him as an author.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
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Central Florida Stamp Club: Meetings include auctions and informative lectures.Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2025
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More remarkably, Murphy appeals to white audiences while doing routines that border on anti-white harangues.Chet Flippo, Vulture, 3 July 2024
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People with competing views talk past one another or, worse, as has been happening on campuses, especially since last October, harangue, harass, and silence each other.Lincoln Caplan, The New Yorker, 4 July 2024
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“Diatribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diatribe. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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