Harangue Definition

hə-răng
harangued, harangues, haranguing
noun
harangues
A long, blustering, noisy, or scolding speech; tirade.
Webster's New World
A speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
verb
harangued, harangues, haranguing
To speak or address in a harangue.
Webster's New World
To deliver a harangue.
American Heritage

To give a forceful and lengthy lecture or criticism to someone.

The angry motorist leapt from his car to harangue the other driver.
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Other Word Forms of Harangue

Noun

Singular:
harangue
Plural:
harangues

Origin of Harangue

  • From Middle English arang and French harangue, from Old Italian aringa (modern Italian arringa) from aringare (“speak in public”) (modern Italian arringare), from aringo (“public assembly”), from Gothic * (hriggs), akin to Old High German hring (“ring”) (whence German Ring).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English arang a speech to an assembly from Old French harangue from Old Italian aringa from aringare to speak in public probably from aringo, arringa public square, meeting place of Germanic origin koro- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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