Diatribe (noun)
Dai-et-raib
A vengeful, bitter and forceful verbal attack against something or someone.
I love this word, from Latin originally.
Example sentences
“He’s off on another diatribe about modern society again.”
“She’d had enough of his vicious diatribe and stormed out of the door.”
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