harangue
[huh-rang]
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noun
a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
a long, passionate, and vehement speech, especially one delivered before a public gathering.
any long, pompous speech or writing of a tediously hortatory or didactic nature; sermonizing lecture or discourse.
verb (used with object), ha·rangued, ha·rangu·ing.
to address in a harangue.
verb (used without object), ha·rangued, ha·rangu·ing.
to deliver a harangue.
Origin of harangue
1530–40; (noun) < Middle French harangue < Italian ar(r)inga speech, oration, noun derivative of ar(r)ingare to speak in public, verbal derivative of aringo public square < Gothic *hriggs ring1; (v.) < Middle French haranguer < Italian ar(r)ingare
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Related Words for harangued
tirade, jeremiad, spiel, discourse, oration, diatribe, screed, accost, buttonhole, philippic, declamation, speech, exhortation, address, hassle, sermon, spouting, declaim, orate, stumpExamples from the Web for harangued
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Thence she harangued them for some moments, commanding them to allow the soldiers to depart.
The SnareRafael Sabatini
And then to hear how he harangued the people and abused the aristocracy.
The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II)Charles James Lever
Thus Hector harangued them; but the Trojans applauded aloud.
He harangued the Indians, and exhorted them to demolish the fort.
They drank my health, and I harangued them with immense applause.
Life and Letters of Lord MacaulayGeorge Otto Trevelyan
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Word Origin for harangue
C15: from Old French, from Old Italian aringa public speech, probably of Germanic origin; related to Medieval Latin harenga; see harry, ring 1
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