plural divas or dive
ˈdē-(ˌ)vā 
1
a
music
: prima donna sense 1
b
: prima donna sense 2
… if a team asks me to play somewhere else, I'm not going to be a diva about it.—
Ettore Lattanzio
Ettore Lattanzio2
: a usually glamorous and successful female performer or personality (see personality sense 4b)
a fashion diva
especially
: a popular female singer
pop divas
The original diva and Queen Of Soul, Aretha Franklin, appears to have brought US President Barack Obama to tears (and then to his feet) with a stellar performance of (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman … —Tom Williams
Tom Williams Examples of diva in a Sentence
the reigning diva of daytime television
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Now, the 16-time Grammy winner is adding a doe-eyed cartoon pinup to his inimitable list of divas.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
This is the shadow side of what can happen to a Leo diva when no one is around to play their games continuously.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Onstage, McDonald isn’t a Broadway diva, but a storyteller.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
And of the Canadian vocal diva Céline Dion, the immortal pride of the Quebeçois.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
This is the shadow side of what can happen to a Leo diva when no one is around to play their games continuously.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Onstage, McDonald isn’t a Broadway diva, but a storyteller.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
And of the Canadian vocal diva Céline Dion, the immortal pride of the Quebeçois.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Diva.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diva. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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