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
Who can forget Miranda’s diatribe on cerulean blue?
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Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
Vance then launched into a wide-ranging diatribe about freedom of speech being shackled in Europe.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
There will be trips to Disney World (that’s still a thing, right?) and headache-inducing Stephen A. Smith GOAT diatribes and ceaseless Mahomes vs. Tom Brady arguments and every single member of the paparazzi spontaneously climaxing as Travis Kelce kisses Taylor Swift atop a float.
—Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2025
Owens went on a diatribe against Tessitore, accusing him of kissing Cody’s ass.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
Vance then launched into a wide-ranging diatribe about freedom of speech being shackled in Europe.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
There will be trips to Disney World (that’s still a thing, right?) and headache-inducing Stephen A. Smith GOAT diatribes and ceaseless Mahomes vs. Tom Brady arguments and every single member of the paparazzi spontaneously climaxing as Travis Kelce kisses Taylor Swift atop a float.
—Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2025
Owens went on a diatribe against Tessitore, accusing him of kissing Cody’s ass.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diatribe
Noun
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Schwimmer has been vocal on the subject of antisemitism, previously asking Elon Musk to ban Kanye West from X (formerly Twitter) over his antisemitic tirades and actions.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 2025
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Instead, the character goes on impassioned tirades about SpongeBob, leading Hernandez to break character a number of times to the betterment of the bit, which is perhaps aimed at recent blind items by Academy Awards voters who have admitted to neglecting certain movies on negligible criteria.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Although the direct hit damage from his Repulsor Blast is being decreased, the attack's spell field damage is being bolstered to make up for it.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Grimes said that, in the experience of KnowBe4, social engineering is involved in 70% - 90% of all successful hacking attacks.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 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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Kanye West went on another rant on Wednesday (Mar. 5), which included a message to Drake.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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The rant saw Ye praising Adolf Hitler and offering a T-shirt featuring a swastika on his website, a move that led to his marketplace partner Shopify taking down the website) and ushering in condemnation from the ADL, Charlie Puth, Lyor Cohen and others.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
28 Feb. 2025
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Then came subsequent criticism about her selection for the 2024 Women’s Olympic team – especially considering Caitlin Clark’s absence – followed by her Las Vegas Aces’ loss in the 2024 WNBA Finals.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
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There have been many waves of criticism, pointing out the impossibility of carrying out the test in a precise or useful way.—
Jaron Lanier,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Blige also connected jazz (scat singing, riffing on a phrase, improvising wordless lines), gospel (testifying akin to a preacher delivering a sermon) and hip hop traditions.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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Some filmmakers deliver sermons; Bong serves entertainment.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That earned him a gentle lecture from his mom about Michelle, and women in general, not being his property.—
Mara Wilson,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2025
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It’s become common to see Self lecture Storr about his defense on the sideline.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
14 Mar. 2025
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The Americans were prepared for a lecture from Russia’s longtime foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, who is well known for his tedious harangues.—
Michael Crowley,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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But as the threats to women’s reproductive health have come out of Washington, one after another, Cecile Richards has had to be everywhere at once: traveling around the country to meet patients and making constant trips to Washington to educate, lobby, and harangue members of Congress.—
Jonathan Van Meter,
Vogue,
20 Jan. 2025
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