'Philippic' definitions:
Definition of 'philippic'
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Definition of 'Philippic'
From: GCIDE
- Philippic \Phi*lip"pic\, n. [L. Philippiko`s belonging to Philip, Philippic, Gr. filippikos, fr. Fi`lippos Philip, fi`lippos fond of horses: cf. F. philippique.]
- 1. Any one of the series of famous orations of Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, denouncing Philip, king of Macedon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: Any discourse or declamation abounding in acrimonious invective. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'philippic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- address,
- after-dinner speech,
- allocution,
- assailing,
- assault,
- attack,
- berating,
- bitter words,
- blackening,
- chalk talk,
- contumely,
- debate,
- declamation,
- diatribe,
- eulogy,
- execration,
- exhortation,
- filibuster,
- forensic,
- forensic address,
- formal speech,
- funeral oration,
- harangue,
- hard words,
- hortatory address,
- inaugural,
- inaugural address,
- invective,
- jawing,
- jeremiad,
- onslaught,
- oration,
- pep talk,
- peroration,
- pitch,
- prepared speech,
- prepared text,
- public speech,
- rating,
- reading,
- recital,
- recitation,
- revilement,
- sales talk,
- salutatory,
- salutatory address,
- say,
- screed,
- set speech,
- speech,
- speechification,
- speeching,
- talk,
- talkathon,
- tirade,
- tongue-lashing,
- valediction,
- valedictory,
- valedictory address,
- vilification,
- vituperation