Harangue
[hə'ræŋ]
Definition
(noun.) a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion.
(verb.) deliver a harangue to; address forcefully.
Checked by Clifton--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(v. i.) To make an harangue; to declaim.
(v. t.) To address by an harangue.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Declamatory speech, public address, popular oration.
v. n. Declaim, spout, make a declamatory speech.
v. a. Address (in a declamatory style), make an harangue to.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Speech, oration, declamation, effusion, rant
ANT:Stammer, stutter, mutter, mumble, drawl, insinuation, suggestion, reasoning,blandiloquence
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Definition
n. a loud speech addressed to a multitude: a popular pompous address.—v.i. to deliver a harangue.—v.t. to address by a harangue:—pr.p. haranguing (-rang′ing); pa.p. harangued (-rangd′).—n. Harang′uer.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A speech by an opponent who is known as an harangue-outang.
Checker: Wilmer
Unserious Contents or Definition
The tiresome product of a tireless tongue. From Eng. hear, and Lat. angor, pain. Painful to hear.
Editor: Ricky
Examples
- But he felt it his duty at this moment to try and give a little harangue. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- A shower of tears terminated her sad harangue. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- No; let your conduct be the only harangue. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It were useless to record the debate that followed this harangue. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He hurried in, and witnessed the termination of my impassioned harangue. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Thus the old gentleman ended his harangue. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- He spoke well, very well; such an harangue would have succeeded better addressed to me singly, than to the fools and knaves assembled yonder. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Paul haranguing again just in his old fashion. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He stood under the arcade of the town-hall of Windsor, and from this elevation harangued a trembling crowd. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Paulsetting us before him, harangued us briefly, like a general addressing soldiers about to charge. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Editor: Woodrow