harangue
noun
a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
haranguer
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a word derived from
harangue.
Example Sentences
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A contemporary described him: an abnormally short man, with ponderous arms and legs, a shuffling gait, beaklike nose and chin, "curious cast of the eye," and a perpetual haranguer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Atlanta Sir: Your cartoon depicts a crowd haranguer and a fanatic, and shows nothing of the Christian sensibilities and calm self-restraint that have made him a Nobel Peace Prizewinner and an effective leader.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is a great haranguer, talks himself into authority, and, like a parrot, climbs with his beak.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
Sir, I see no resemblance between a pleader at the bar, or a haranguer of the populace, and me.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Walter Savage Landor
With the exception of the two or three at the front, no one has her hands free to grab the haranguer by the throat and close the oratorical stop-cock.
From The French Revolution - Volume 3 by John Durand
