diatribe

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A dark, dramatic painting of a storm cloud raining down jagged lightning bolts

The image visualizes a verbal attack as a storm cloud raining down harsh words represented by jagged lightning bolts. The scene is rendered in a dark and dramatic style to emphasize the negativity and intensity of a diatribe.

  1. noun — diatribes
    1. An abusive, bitter verbal or written attack, criticism or denunciation.
      • The senator was prone to diatribes which could go on for more than an hour.
      • … No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. If this long diatribe bores you, just say so, and I’ll cut it short.
      • You know, it’s all this racial diatribe, and very strong language, screaming at the top of his lungs into the telephone.
      • Aunt Petunia wasn’t eating anything at all. Her arms were folded, her lips were pursed, and she seemed to be chewing her tongue, as though biting back the furious diatribe she longed to throw at Harry.
      • Lest this [be] read as a diatribe against DfT, I have some sympathy with it. That's because whenever there's a problem with the railway, the industry's solution is to ask DfT for billions of pounds.
    2. A prolonged discourse; a long-winded speech.
Derivatives diatribal