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harangue

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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.

[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.]

ha·ranguer n.

harangue [həˈræŋ]
vb
to address (a person or crowd) in an angry, vehement, or forcefully persuasive way
n
a loud, forceful, or angry speech
[from Old French, from Old Italian aringa public speech, probably of Germanic origin; related to Medieval Latin harenga; see harry, ring1]
haranguer  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.harangueharangue - a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
declamation - vehement oratory
screed - a long monotonous harangue
Verb1.harangue - deliver a harangue to; address forcefully
address, speak - give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"

harangue
verb
rant at, address, lecture, exhort, preach to, declaim, hold forth, spout at (informal) haranguing her furiously in words she didn't understand
Translations
harangue [həˈræŋ]
A. Narenga f
B. VTarengar

harangue [həˈræŋ]
vtharanguer

harangue
n (= scolding)(Straf)predigt f, → Sermon m; (lengthy also) → Tirade f; to give somebody a haranguejdm eine (Straf)predigt etc halten
vt personeine (Straf)predigt or einen Sermon halten (+dat); (at length also) → eine Tirade loslassen auf (+acc) (inf); I don’t like being haranguedich kann es nicht leiden, wenn mir jemand lange Reden hält; stop haranguing me about how lucky other men’s wives arehör auf, mir dauernd vorzuhalten or mir damit in den Ohren zu liegen (inf), → wie gut es die Frauen anderer Männer haben; he tried to harangue the mob into direct actioner versuchte, den Mob zum direkten Handeln aufzustacheln

harangue [həˈræŋ]
1. ntirata, arringa
2. vtarringare

harangue [həˈræŋ]
1. ntirata, arringa
2. vtarringare

harangue
n harangue [həˈrӕŋ]
a long loud speech a harangue from the headmaster on good behaviour. redevoering, vurige toespraak خُطْبَه طويلَه وعاليَه реч proslov præken die Ansprache αγόρευση, κήρυγμα, εξάψαλμος arenga sõnavaling, tiraad سخنرانی بلند saarna harangue דְּרָשָה प्रभावशाली भाषण,, उत्तेजक भाषण haranga, vatreni govor nagyhangú szónoklat pidato panjang penuh gembar-gembor þrumuræða arringa 大演説 대연설 pamokslas gara izrunāšanās ucapan yang hangat donderspeech harang, preken, tirade przemowa, kazanie arenga tiradă, discurs разглагольствование prejav nagovor haranga orerande, långrandigt tal คำปราศรัยที่ยื่ดยาดและรุนแรง uzun konuşma, tirat 高談闊論 палке звернення لمبی جوشیلی تقریر bài diễn thuyết
v
to give a harangue to. toespreek, opsweep يَخْطُبُ خطبَةً عاليَه произнасям реч pronést řeč præke eine Ansprache halten αγορεύω arengar suuresõnaliselt manitsema باصدای بلندنطق كردن paasata haranguer לְהִשתַלֵח उत्तेजक भाषण देना harangirati, držati vatreni govor nagy beszédet mond berpidato þruma (yfir), halda þrumuræðu arringare 熱弁をふるう 열변을 토하다 išdrožti pamokslą gari izrunāties memberi ucapan yang hangat een donderspeech afsteken preke for przemawiać arengar a ţine un dis­curs разглагольствовать predniesť reč imeti govor napadati hålla tal, predika, orera กล่าวคำปราศรัยที่ยื่ดยาดและรุนแรง uzun uzun konuşmak, nutuk çekmek 向...高談闊論 виголошувати промову لیکچر پلانا، وعظ و تلقین کرنا diễn thuyết ...


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You call yourself the All in All, but you are the Nothing: your so-called Universe is a mere speck in a Line, and a Line is a mere shadow as compared with --" "Hush, hush, you have said enough," interrupted the Sphere, "now listen, and mark the effect of your harangue on the King of Pointland.
This picture of her consequence had some effect, for no one loved better to lead than Maria; and with far more good-humour she answered, "I am much obliged to you, Edmund; you mean very well, I am sure: but I still think you see things too strongly; and I really cannot undertake to harangue all the rest upon a subject of this kind.
During the greater part of this harangue my hand was on the lock of the outer door; I now turned it.
 
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