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| Main Entry: |
philippic
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denunciation |
| Synonyms: | diatribe, exchange, reproach, screen, tirade |
| Main Entry: | fulmination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tirade, condemnation |
| Synonyms: | blast, curse, denunciation, diatribe, discharge, explosion, intimidation, invective, obloquy, outburst, philippic, reprobation, warning |
| Antonyms: | compliment, defense, flattery, praise, support |
| Main Entry: | harangue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | long lecture |
| Synonyms: | address, chewing out, declamation, diatribe, discourse, exhortation, hassle, jeremiad, oration, philippic, reading out, screed, sermon, speech, spiel*, spouting, tirade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invective |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbal abuse |
| Synonyms: | accusation, berating, billingsgate, blame, blasphemy, castigation, censure, condemnation, contumely, denunciation, diatribe, epithet, jeremiad, obloquy, philippic, reproach, revilement, sarcasm, scurrility, tirade, tongue-lashing, vilification, vituperation |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flattery, praise |
| Main Entry: | rant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | yelling, raving |
| Synonyms: | bluster, bombast, diatribe, fustian, harangue, oration, philippic, rhapsody, rhetoric, rodomontade, tirade, vociferation |
| Antonyms: | calm, quiet |
| Main Entry: | tirade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abuse, outburst |
| Synonyms: | anger, berating, censure, condemnation, denunciation, diatribe, dispute, fulmination, harangue, invective, jeremiad, lecture, malediction, philippic, ranting, revilement, screed, sermon, tongue-lashing, vituperation |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | jeremiad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tirade |
| Synonyms: | anger, berating, censure, condemnation, denunciation, diatribe, dispute, fulmination, harangue, invective, lecture, malediction, philippic, ranting, revilement, screed, sermon, tongue-lashing, vituperation |
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