Haranguer

ha·rangue  (h-rng)

n.

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

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

v. ha·rangued, ha·rangu·ing, ha·rangues

v.tr.

To deliver a harangue to.

v.intr.

To deliver a harangue.

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[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; see koro- in Indo-European roots.]

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ha·ranguer n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

haranguer - a public speaker who delivers a loud or forceful or angry speech orator, public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier, speechmaker - a person who delivers a speech or oration