Usually means: Harsh verbal denunciation or attack.
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  1. philippic: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. philippic: Merriam-Webster
  3. philippic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Philippic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. philippic: Collins English Dictionary
  6. philippic: Vocabulary.com
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  8. philippic: Wiktionary
  9. Philippic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Philippic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. Philippic: Infoplease Dictionary
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  13. philippic: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Philippic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Philippic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. philippic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. philippic: Rhymezone
  18. Philippic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. philippic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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  21. philippic: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. philippic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Philippic: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. Philippic: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (philippic)

▸ noun:  Any of the discourses of Demosthenes against Philip II of Macedon, defending the liberty of Athens.
▸ noun:  (by extension) Any tirade or declamation full of bitter condemnation.

Similar:
broadside, tirade, philippick, polemical, polemicism, polemic, polemy, Philo, apodioxis, philippizer, more...

Opposite:
panegyric, encomium, tribute

Phrases:
philippic orations, more...

Adjectives:
second, first, third, violent, vehement, bitter, famous, tremendous, severe, fourth, furious
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Similar:
broadside, tirade, philippick, polemical, polemicism, polemic, polemy, Philo, apodioxis, philippizer, more...

Opposite:
panegyric, encomium, tribute

Phrases:
philippic orations, more...

Adjectives:
second, first, third, violent, vehement, bitter, famous, tremendous, severe, fourth, furious



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