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    [Noun]  | "ha*rangue" | \ hə-ˈraŋ \


    1: a speech addressed to a public assembly

    2: a ranting speech or writing

    3: lecture

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle French arenge, from Old Italian aringa, from aringare to speak in public, from aringo public assembly, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German hring ring;

    [Verb]  | "harangue" 


    1: to make a harangue : declaim

    2: to address in a harangue

    Origin: 1660 ;

     See: {harangue:1 };

    [Noun]  | "harangue" 


    1: a long angry speech or scolding;


      * e.g., " ... launched into a long harangue about poor customer service without realizing that I wasn't even an employee! "



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    2: a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience;


      * e.g., " ... the dictator's lengthy harangue before a captive audience "



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    [Verb]  | "harangue" 


    1: to give a formal often extended talk on a subject;


      * e.g., " ... the eminent professor harangued for three hours on his favorite subject, the clash of East and West "



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    2: to talk as if giving an important and formal speech;


      * e.g., " ... a talk-show guest using the interviewer's questions as an opportunity to harangue on a variety of pet peeves "



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     [ "harangue" ]

    1: An oration, lecture, tirade

     [ "harangues" ]

    1:  A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering.

      * e.g.,  ... harangues from the headmaster on good behaviour. 

     [ "harangues" ]

    2:  A speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade.

     [ "harangues" ]

    3: a very long speech to harangue(vb) to address (a person or crowd) in an angry, vehement, or forcefully persuasive way

     [ "harangues" ]

    4: n

     [ "harangues" ]

    5: a loud, forceful, or angry speech

     [ "harangued" ]

    1: to be thrown like a boomerang

      * e.g.,  ... She harangued me across the field. 

     [ "Harangue-atang" ]

    1: Harangue-atang A person who sends long, opinionated ranting texts about any and everything to their friends who in turn often delete without reading.

      * e.g.,  ... Harangue-tang Just delete It man, she's a damn harangue-atang. Every text is a mile long and about nothing at all or some stupid bird I've never even heard of... 

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    1: a public speaker who delivers a loud or forceful or angry speech type of:

      * e.g.,  ... The insides of Metro stations, which aren’t considered public forums, are off-limits not only to political campaigners, leafleters and soapbox haranguers but also to artistic performers, although station managers sometimes look the other way. 

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    2: orator, public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier, speechmaker

     [ "haranguer" ]

    3: a person who delivers a speech or oration

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