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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ha•rangue /həˈræŋ/USA pronunciation n., v., -rangued, -rangu•ing. n. [countable] - a long, passionate, and forceful speech, esp. one delivered in public.
v. [~ + object] - to address or speak to (someone) in a harangue:haranguing the crowd into a frenzy.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ha•rangue (hə rang′),USA pronunciation n., v., -rangued, -rangu•ing. n. - a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack;
diatribe. - a long, passionate, and vehement speech, esp. one delivered before a public gathering.
- any long, pompous speech or writing of a tediously hortatory or didactic nature;
sermonizing lecture or discourse. v.t. - to address in a harangue.
v.i. - to deliver a harangue.
- Italian ar(r)ingare
- Middle French haranguer
- Gothic *hriggs ring1; (verb, verbal)
- Italian ar(r)inga speech, oration, noun, nominal derivative of ar(r)ingare to speak in public, verb, verbal derivative of aringo public square
- Middle French harangue
- (noun, nominal) 1530–40
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: harangue /həˈræŋ/ vb - to address (a person or crowd) in an angry, vehement, or forcefully persuasive way
n - a loud, forceful, or angry speech
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French, from Old Italian aringa public speech, probably of Germanic origin; related to Medieval Latin harenga; see harry, ring1haˈranguer n |