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philippic

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a bitter, impassioned verbal attack or denunciation

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She delivered a scorching philippic against the corruption riddling the council.

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Critics complained that the documentary's narration was relentlessly blank, hammering home its single thesis so often that viewers felt lectured rather than informed.

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Philippic (noun) means a bitter, impassioned verbal attack or denunciation
Here is philippic used in an example sentence: "She delivered a scorching philippic against the corruption riddling the council."
Common synonyms for philippic include diatribe, tirade, invective.
Antonyms of philippic include eulogy, panegyric.
Philippic is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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