HARANGUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does harangue mean? 

• HARANGUE (noun)
  The noun HARANGUE has 1 sense:

1. a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion

  Familiarity information: HARANGUE used as a noun is very rare.

• HARANGUE (verb)
  The verb HARANGUE has 1 sense:

1. deliver a harangue to; address forcefully

  Familiarity information: HARANGUE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARANGUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

harangue; rant; ranting

Hypernyms ("harangue" is a kind of...):

declamation (vehement oratory)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "harangue"):

screed (a long monotonous harangue)

Derivation:

harangue (deliver a harangue to; address forcefully)

• HARANGUE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they harangue    ... he / she / it harangues   
Past simple: harangued   
Past participle: harangued   
-ing form: haranguing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deliver a harangue to; address forcefully

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "harangue" is one way to...):

address; speak (give a speech to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

harangue (a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion)

haranguer (a public speaker who delivers a loud or forceful or angry speech)

 Context examples 

No; let your conduct be the only harangue.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

And here she closed her harangue: a long one for her, and uttered with the demureness of a Quakeress.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

John laughed, and watched her for a minute, as she poised a pretty little preparation of lace and flowers on her hand, and regarded it with the genuine interest which his harangue had failed to waken.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Two or three warriors spoke, and finally our young friend made a spirited harangue with such eloquent features and gestures that we could understand it all as clearly as if we had known his language.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I spoke to the cook about it, when I went on deck to take up my duties in the galley, and though I had looked forward to a surly answer, I had not expected the belligerent harangue that I received.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Whatever effect Sir Thomas's little harangue might really produce on Mr. Crawford, it raised some awkward sensations in two of the others, two of his most attentive listeners—Miss Crawford and Fanny.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

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.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)