Definitions of harangue [əˈræŋ]

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Definition of 'harangue'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) harangue
a scolding or a verbal attack; diatribe.

2. harangue
a long, passionate, and vehement speech, esp. one delivered before a public gathering.

3. harangue
any long, pompous speech or writing of a tediously hortatory or didactic nature; sermonizing discourse.

4. (v.t.) harangue
to address in a harangue.

5. (v.i.) harangue
to deliver a harangue.

Etymology: (1530–40; < MF < It ar(r)inga speech, oration, n. der. of ar(r)ingare to speak in public, v. der. of aringo public square < Go *hriggsring¹)

Definition of 'harangue'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) harangue, rant, ranting
a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion

2. (verb) harangue
deliver a harangue to; address forcefully

Definition of 'harangue'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) harangue
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

2. (verb) harangue
to make an harangue; to declaim

3. (verb) harangue
to address by an harangue

Translation of 'harangue'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a long loud speech a harangue from the headmaster on good behaviour.
Afrikaans: redevoering, vurige toesp	Arabic: خُطْبَه طويلَه وعاليَه	Bulgarian: реч
Brazilian: arenga	Czech: proslov	German: die Ansprache
Danish: præken	Greek: αγόρευση, κήρυγμα, εξάψαλ	Spanish: arenga
Estonian: sõnavaling, tiraad	Farsi: سخنرانی بلند	Finnish: saarna
French: harangue	Hebrew: דְּרָשָה	Hindi: प्रभावशाली भाषण, उत्तेजक
Croatian: haranga, vatreni govor	Hungarian: nagyhangú szónoklat	Indonesian: pidato panjang penuh gemb
Icelandic: þrumuræða	Italian: arringa	Japanese: 大演説
Korean: 대연설	Lithuanian: pamokslas	Latvian: gara izrunāšanās
Malay: ucapan yang hangat	Dutch: donderspeech	Norwegian: harang, preken, tirade
Polish: przemowa, kazanie	Persian: سخنرانی بلند	Pashto: وينا په لوړ ږغ
Portuguese: arenga	Romanian: tiradă, discurs	Russian: разглагольствование
Slovak: prejav	Slovenian: nagovor	Serbian: haranga
Swedish: orerande, långrandigt tal	Thai: คำปราศรัยที่ยื่ดยาดและรุน	Turkish: uzun konuşma, tirat
Taiwanese: 高談闊論	Ukrainian: палке звернення	Urdu: لمبی جوشیلی تقریر
Vietnamese: bài diễn thuyết	Chinese: 高谈阔论
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