philippic in English

noun

1

a bitter attack or denunciation, especially a verbal one.

I wonder if the new editor of the Daily Telegraph has any Irish blood and will tone down the paper's anti-euro, anti-EU philippics .

synonyms: tirade, diatribe, harangue, lecture, attack, onslaught, denunciation, rant, polemic, broadside, fulmination, condemnation, criticism, censure, blast

noun

• tirade, diatribe, harangue, lecture, attack, onslaught, denunciation, rant, polemic, broadside, fulmination, condemnation, criticism, censure, blast
• tirade, broadside

Use "philippic" in a sentence

1. What is the significance of the Philippic?

2. In an hour-long philippic the legislator denounced the lobbyists opposing his payment.

3. In response, Demosthenes delivered the Second Philippic, a vehement attack against Philip.

4. In an hour long philippic , the legislator denounced the lobbyist opposing his bill.

5. In an hour-long philippic, the legislator denounced the lobbyists opposing his bill.

6. After the death of Julius Caesar he delivered his 14 Philippic orations against Mark Antony.

7. Also in 342 BC, he delivered the Third Philippic, which is considered to be the best of his political orations.