plural divas or dive ˈdē-(ˌ)vā 
1
a
music : prima donna sense 1
b
: prima donna sense 2
… if a team asks me to play somewhere else, I'm not going to be a diva about it.—
Ettore Lattanzio
Ettore Lattanzio
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: a usually glamorous and successful female performer or personality (see personality sense 4b)
a fashion diva
especially : a popular female singer
pop divas
The original diva and Queen Of Soul, Aretha Franklin, appears to have brought US President Barack Obama to tears (and then to his feet) with a stellar performance of (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman … —Tom Williams
Tom Williams
Examples of diva in a Sentence
the reigning diva of daytime television
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Stribing was equal parts humble, low key and polite — not at all in keeping with the image of a diva wide receiver. —Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026 At his peak, Puig was one of the most electric players in baseball — big power, a rocket arm and a diva attitude. —Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026 Nature Is Healing will be the first full-length release from the half-human, half-horse, all-diva pop entity. —Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026 Token, pushover human Seth (Gil Ozeri) lives under the thumb of the tiny, domineering dog Brandi (the incomparable Amy Sedaris), a high maintenance diva with a yen for single-use Stanley cups. —Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for diva
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Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026 At his peak, Puig was one of the most electric players in baseball — big power, a rocket arm and a diva attitude. —Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026 Nature Is Healing will be the first full-length release from the half-human, half-horse, all-diva pop entity. —Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026 Token, pushover human Seth (Gil Ozeri) lives under the thumb of the tiny, domineering dog Brandi (the incomparable Amy Sedaris), a high maintenance diva with a yen for single-use Stanley cups. —Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for diva
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