English-Thai Dictionary

philippic

N การ สนทนา หรือ การบรรยาย ที่ เป็นการ ตำหนิ อย่างรุนแรง  การ ต่อว่า  การ ตำหนิ  tirade reproach kan-son-ta-na-rue-kan-ban-yai-ti-run-rang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PHILIPPIC

n.An oration of Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, against Philip, king of Macedon, in which the orator inveighs against the indolence of the Athenians. Hence the word is used to denote any discourse or declamation full of acrimonious invective. The fourteen orations of Cicero against Mark Anthony are also called Philippics.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PHILIPPIC

Phi *lip "pic, n. Etym: [L. Philippicus belonging to Philip, Philippic, Gr. philippique.]

 

1. Any one of the series of famous orations of Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, denouncing Philip, king of Macedon.

 

2. Hence: Any discourse or declamation abounding in acrimonious invective.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

philippic

phi lip pic |fəˈlipik fəˈlɪpɪk | ▶noun literary a bitter attack or denunciation, esp. a verbal one. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek philippikos, the name given to Demosthenes' speeches against Philip II of Macedon, also to those of Cicero against Mark Antony.

 

Oxford Dictionary

philippic

philippic |fɪˈlɪpɪk | ▶noun literary a bitter attack or denunciation, especially a verbal one. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek philippikos, the name given to Demosthenes' speeches against Philip II of Macedon, also to those of Cicero against Mark Antony.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

philippic

philippic noun literary no publisher wanted to touch his scathing philippic: tirade, diatribe, harangue, lecture, attack, onslaught, denunciation, rant, polemic, broadside, fulmination, condemnation, criticism, censure; informal blast.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

philippic

philippic noun Viscount Castlereagh was the butt of Shelley's philippic. See tirade.