harangue
Plural: harangues
Noun
- a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
- An impassioned, disputatious public speech.
- A tirade, harsh scolding or rant, whether spoken or written.
Verb
Verb Forms: harangued, haranguing, harangues
- To deliver a long, passionate, and aggressive speech.
- deliver a harangue to; address forcefully
- To give a forceful and lengthy lecture or criticism to someone.
Examples
- He began to harangue his opponent about their slow play, but it didn’t speed them up.
- She gave her son a harangue about the dangers of playing in the street.
- The angry motorist leapt from his car to harangue the other driver.
- The priest took thirty minutes to deliver his harangue on timeliness, making the entire service run late.
Origin / Etymology
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 *𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (*hriggs) or a compound containing it, akin to Old High German hring (“ring”) (whence German Ring).
Synonyms
rant, ranting, admonish, admonition, berate, condemnation, criticism, diatribe, dithyramb, harangue, impugnation, j'accuse, jeremiad, lecture, philippic, polemic, screed, slanging match, tirade
Scrabble Score: 12
harangue: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordharangue: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
harangue: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary