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harangue

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/həˈræŋ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/həˈræŋ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(hə rang′)

Inflections of 'harangue' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
harangues
v 3rd person singular
haranguing
v pres p
harangued
v past
harangued
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ha•rangue /həˈræŋ/USA pronunciation   n., v., -rangued, -rangu•ing. 
n. [countable]
  1. a long, passionate, and forceful speech, esp. one delivered in public.

v. [~ + object]
  1. to address or speak to (someone) in a harangue:haranguing the crowd into a frenzy.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ha•rangue  (hə rang′),USA pronunciation n., v., -rangued, -rangu•ing. 
n. 
  1. a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack;
    diatribe.
  2. a long, passionate, and vehement speech, esp. one delivered before a public gathering.
  3. any long, pompous speech or writing of a tediously hortatory or didactic nature;
    sermonizing lecture or discourse.

v.t. 
  1. to address in a harangue.

v.i. 
  1. to deliver a harangue.
  • Italian ar(r)ingare
  • Middle French haranguer
  • Gothic *hriggs ring1; (verb, verbal)
  • Italian ar(r)inga speech, oration, noun, nominal derivative of ar(r)ingare to speak in public, verb, verbal derivative of aringo public square
  • Middle French harangue
  • (noun, nominal) 1530–40

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
harangue /həˈræŋ/ vb
  1. to address (a person or crowd) in an angry, vehement, or forcefully persuasive way
 n
  1. a loud, forceful, or angry speech
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French, from Old Italian aringa public speech, probably of Germanic origin; related to Medieval Latin harenga; see harry, ring1haˈranguer n
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