philippic
noun[C]
formaluk/fɪˈlɪp.ɪk/us/fɪˈlɪp.ɪk/astrongcriticismof someone or something,especiallyin aspeech:
猛烈的抨击,痛斥Mr Amery's philippic wasdeliveredasusualto half-emptybenchesin Parliament.像往常一样,艾默里先生在半空着的议会里发表了抨击性的讲话。
- Kagan's philippic waspublishedonFeb. 5, 2003, just 10daysbeforeEuropesawthelargestpoliticaldemonstrationinitshistory.
 - He regales usinsteadwith a philippic againstnumber, a philippic in whichliteraryflourishesand Hegeliantraditionare intermixed.
 - A philippic atoncesocausticand soclassical,alightedlike abombshellamong thehithertopeacefulcitizensof Nopolis.
 - One person'sheresyis another'sorthodoxy- thetamestdiscoursemay beheardas athunderousphilippic.
 
Disapproving & criticizing
- anathematize
 - animadversion
 - aspersion
 - assail
 - aw
 - backbite
 - criticism
 - dim
 - fault
 - niggle
 - nitpick
 - nitpicking
 - opprobrious
 - peanut gallery
 - people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stonesidiom
 - personalization
 - personalize
 - pick
 - sarky
 - tear