harangue Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
    rant; ranting.
  2. verb deliver a harangue to; address forcefully

WordNet

Ha*rangue" noun
Etymology
F. harangue: cf. Sp. arenda, It. aringa; lit., a speech before a multitude or on the hustings, It. aringo arena, hustings, pulpit; all fr. OHG. hring ring, anything round, ring of people, G. ring. See Ring.
Definitions
  1. A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting.
    Gray-headed men and grave, with warriors mixed, Assemble, and harangues are heard. Milton.
    Syn. -- Harangue, Speech, Oration. Speech is generic; an oration is an elaborate and rhetorical speech; an harangue is a vehement appeal to the passions, or a noisy, disputatious address. A general makes an harangue to his troops on the eve of a battle; a demagogue harangues the populace on the subject of their wrongs.
Ha*rangue" intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. haranguer, It. aringare.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Harangued ; present participle & verbal noun Haranguing
Definitions
  1. To make an harangue; to declaim.
Ha*rangue" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To address by an harangue.

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