Diatribe vs Denigrate - What's the difference?
diatribe | denigrate |
An abusive, bitter, attack, or criticism: denunciation.
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=4 A prolonged discourse.
A speech or writing which bitterly denounces something.
To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
(rare) To blacken.
As a noun diatribe
is an abusive, bitter, attack, or criticism: denunciation.As a verb denigrate is
to criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.diatribe
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=“… 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.”}}
- The senator was prone to diatribes which could go on for more than an hour.
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* diatribalQuotations
{{quote-book, year=1991 , author=Bill Crow , title=Jazz Anecdotescitation, isbn=9780195071337 , publisher=Oxford University Press , page=316 , passage=You know, it’s all this racial diatribe , and very strong language, screaming at the top of his lungs into the telephone.}} ----
