philippic
noun[C]
formaluk/fɪˈlɪp.ɪk/us/fɪˈlɪp.ɪk/astrongcriticismof someone or something,especiallyin aspeech:
猛烈的抨击，痛斥Mr Amery's philippic wasdeliveredasusualto half-emptybenchesin Parliament.像往常一样，艾默里先生在半空着的议会里发表了抨击性的讲话。
- Kagan's philippic waspublishedonFeb. 5, 2003, just 10daysbeforeEuropesawthelargestpoliticaldemonstrationinitshistory.
- He regales usinsteadwith a philippic againstnumber, a philippic in whichliteraryflourishesand Hegeliantraditionare intermixed.
- A philippic atoncesocausticand soclassical,alightedlike abombshellamong thehithertopeacefulcitizensof Nopolis.
- One person'sheresyis another'sorthodoxy- thetamestdiscoursemay beheardas athunderousphilippic.
Disapproving & criticizing
- anathematize
- animadversion
- aspersion
- assail
- aw
- backbite
- criticism
- dim
- fault
- niggle
- nitpick
- nitpicking
- opprobrious
- peanut gallery
- people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stonesidiom
- personalization
- personalize
- pick
- sarky
- tear