Diatribe

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  • noun. A bitter, abusive denunciation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as diatribe
  • noun. A continued discourse or disputation.
  • noun. Specifically
  • noun. A bitter and violent criticism; a strain of invective.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, an acrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An abusive, bitter denunciation.
  • noun. A prolonged discourse.
  • noun. A speech or writing which bitterly denounces something.
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  • noun. thunderous verbal attack
  • Word Usage
    "This diatribe is about adding some balance to the world of programming."
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