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

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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

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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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