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
That could be what drew Logic to the movies of Kevin Smith, especially the ’90s favorites that veer off into minutes-long diatribes about Star Wars or Marvel comics.
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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025
Arriving onstage hours late, Stone regaled the astonished crowd with a diatribe against Jerry Goldstein, his manager since the early ’90s.
—Chris Morris, Variety, 9 June 2025
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Morello unleashed a diatribe against Trump during his performance at the Boston Calling music festival over the weekend, defending Springsteen after the latter drew the president's wrath recently.
—Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
Scott Adams turned the comics pages into a witty diatribe against Corporate America.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 20 May 2025
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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025
Arriving onstage hours late, Stone regaled the astonished crowd with a diatribe against Jerry Goldstein, his manager since the early ’90s.
—Chris Morris, Variety, 9 June 2025
Taylor Hill/Getty Images for Boston Calling What To Know
Morello unleashed a diatribe against Trump during his performance at the Boston Calling music festival over the weekend, defending Springsteen after the latter drew the president's wrath recently.
—Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
Scott Adams turned the comics pages into a witty diatribe against Corporate America.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diatribe
Noun
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Nicki Minaj has been on a tirade this week, accusing Jay-Z and Roc Nation of launching smear campaigns against her.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
17 July 2025
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Any suggestion users should beware connecting to one of the tens of millions of airport, hotel, mall and coffee shop hotspots will always spawn a tirade of sarcastic posts on social media.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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The restaurant was a favorite hangout of the Gilbert Goons and the site of seven parking lot attacks, according to beating videos, interviews and police records.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
24 July 2025
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Walmart provided security footage that reportedly confirms both the attack and the theft.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
23 July 2025
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Bruce Springsteen has escalated his beef with Donald Trump, dropping an entire live EP of anti-Trump jeremiads.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
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Hay dashed off another jeremiad to their associates.—
Kate Knibbs,
Wired News,
20 May 2025
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This has placed him in Trump's crosshairs and earned him a social media rant from the president on Tuesday.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
22 July 2025
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Anyway, in the middle of a rant about all this, Trump also threatened to scuttle a deal the Commanders announced in April to build a new stadium in Washington, D.C. if the team doesn't change the name back.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
21 July 2025
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Ferrucci, the journalism professor, dismissed both criticisms.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
1 Aug. 2025
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Mayor Karen Bass’ office has also pledged to make moves to reduce red tape for film and TV projects in L.A. amid multiple criticisms about the difficulties and expenses of planning shoots.—
Erik Hayden,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Aug. 2025
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On a Sunday during the trial, William Jennings Bryan preached a fire-and-brimstone sermon to an enormous crowd on the courthouse lawn.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
13 July 2025
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More than 800 of the pastor’s sermons are available on the church’s website.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
13 July 2025
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At one such gathering last year, a young aspiring academic sat before a tipsy crowd and delivered a lecture on Robin Hood.—
Abigail Ingram,
National Review,
28 July 2025
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The new approach doesn’t just end the lectures, but also the pretense that soft power was ever really about people’s dignity or freedom rather than about access and control.—
Rachel Marsden,
Hartford Courant,
27 July 2025
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Key foreign leaders have reaffirmed support for Ukraine after Trump’s public harangue of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last month and taken steps to expand their defense outlays.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC News,
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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“Diatribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diatribe. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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