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HARANGUE
harangue, rant, ranting
(noun) a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
harangue
(verb) deliver a harangue to; address forcefully
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
harangue (plural harangues)
An impassioned, disputatious public speech.
A tirade, harsh scolding or rant, whether spoken or written.
Synonyms
• (tirade or rant): admonition, condemnation, criticism, diatribe, polemic, rant, screed, tirade
Verb
harangue (third-person singular simple present harangues, present participle haranguing, simple past and past participle harangued)
(ambitransitive) To give a forceful and lengthy lecture or criticism to someone.
Synonyms
• admonish, berate, lecture
Source: Wiktionary
Ha*rangue", n. Etym: [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.]
Definition: 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", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harangued; p. pr. & vb. n. Haranguing.] Etym: [Cf. F. haranguer, It. aringare.]
Definition: To make an harangue; to declaim.
Ha*rangue", v. t.
Definition: To address by an harangue.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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