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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HARANGUE, n. harang'. har'ang.
1. A speech addressed to an assembly or an army; a popular oration; a public address. This word seems to imply loudness or declamation, and is therefore appropriated generally to an address made to a popular assembly or to an army, and not to a sermon, or to an argument at the bar of a court, or to a speech in a deliberative council, unless in contempt.
2. Declamation; a noisy, pompous or irregular address.
HARANGUE, v.i. harang'. To make an address or speech to a large assembly; to make a noisy speech.
HARANGUE, v.t. harang'. To address by oration; as, the general harangued the troops.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion [syn: harangue, rant, ranting] v
1: deliver a harangue to; address forcefully

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: 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 Date: circa 1533 1. a speech addressed to a public assembly 2. a ranting speech or writing 3. lecture II. verb (harangued; haranguing) Date: 1640 intransitive verb to make a harangue ; declaim transitive verb to address in a harangue <haranguing me…on the folly of my ways — Jay Jacobs> • haranguer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. a lengthy and earnest speech. --v.tr. lecture or make a harangue to. Derivatives: haranguer n. Etymology: ME f. F f. OF arenge f. med.L harenga, perh. f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Harangue Ha*rangue", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harangued; p. pr. & vb. n. Haranguing.] [Cf. F. haranguer, It. aringare.] To make an harangue; to declaim.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Harangue Ha*rangue", v. t. To address by an harangue.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Harangue Ha*rangue", n. [F. harangue: cf. Sp. arenda, It. aringa; lit., a speech before a multitude or on the hustings, It. aringo arena, hustings, pulpit; all fr. OHG. hring ring, anything round, ring of people, G. ring. See Ring.] 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. Gray-headed men and grave, with warriors mixed, Assemble, and harangues are heard. --Milton. Syn: Harangue, Speech, Oration. Usage: Speech is generic; an oration is an elaborate and rhetorical speech; an harangue is a vehement appeal to the passions, or a noisy, disputatious address. A general makes an harangue to his troops on the eve of a battle; a demagogue harangues the populace on the subject of their wrongs.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(harangues, haranguing, harangued) If someone harangues you, they try to persuade you to accept their opinions or ideas in a forceful way. An argument ensued, with various band members joining in and haranguing Simpson and his girlfriend for over two hours. VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Speech, public address, popularoration, formal address. 2. Declamatory speech, bombastic performance, tirade, screed. II. v. n. 1. Speak to a large assembly, make a formal address. 2. Declaim, spout, make a declamatory speech, indulge in a tirade. III. v. a. Address, make an harangue to, make a formal or set speech to.

Foolish Dictionary

The tiresome product of a tireless tongue. From Eng. hear, and Lat. angor, pain. Painful to hear.

Moby Thesaurus

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