make a passionate or pompous speech; lecture, scold
passionate or pompous speech; lecture, scolding
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Harangue Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To address by an harangue.
To address by an harangue.
(v. i.)
To make an harangue; to declaim.
To make an harangue; to declaim.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA 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.
harangue
\ha*rangue"\ (?), n. [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.] 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.
A tirade.
Areithio = v. to harangue, to make a speech
Ffraethebu = v. to harangue
Harangue, (n.)
A speech by an opponent, who is known as an harrangue- outang.
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911 (About)A speech by an opponent, who is known as an harrangue- outang.
Noun
1. a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
(synonym) rant, ranting
(hypernym) declamation
(hyponym) screed
Verb
1. deliver a harangue to; address forcefully
(hypernym) address, speak
(derivation) haranguer
