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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Moore isn’t just a dynamic soul diva.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
Opera singers were called divas because their voices opened something celestial.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026
Scooter is still the frazzled stage manager, Miss Piggy is still making diva demands about her wardrobe and screen time, and Statler and Waldorf are still roasting the entire product from their box seats.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 3 Feb. 2026
Miranda is back and diva-ing out in scarlet.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 Feb. 2026
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
Opera singers were called divas because their voices opened something celestial.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026
Scooter is still the frazzled stage manager, Miss Piggy is still making diva demands about her wardrobe and screen time, and Statler and Waldorf are still roasting the entire product from their box seats.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 3 Feb. 2026
Miranda is back and diva-ing out in scarlet.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 Feb. 2026
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“Diva.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diva. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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