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harangue

 
(hə-răng') pronunciation
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., -rangued, -rangu·ing, -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.]

haranguer ha·rangu'er n.

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noun

    A long, violent, or blustering speech, usually of censure or denunciation: diatribe, fulmination, jeremiad, philippic, tirade. See praise/blame.

verb

    To speak in a loud, pompous, or prolonged manner: declaim, mouth, perorate, rant, rave. See words.


n

Definition: lecture
Antonyms: panegyric

Devil's Dictionary:

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce


n.

A speech by an opponent, who is known as an harrangue- outang.


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A long passionate speech.

pronunciation He's a wonderful talker, who has the art of telling you nothing in a great harangue. — Jean Baptiste Moliere (1622-1673)

Tutor's tip: This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tale, svada, præk
v. tr. - tale, præke
v. intr. - tale til, præke for

Nederlands (Dutch)
tirade, plechtige redevoering, donderpreek, onaangenaam toespreken, lastig vallen

Français (French)
n. - harangue
v. tr. - haranguer
v. intr. - prononcer/faire une harangue

Deutsch (German)
v. - eine Ansprache halten an, eine Rede schwingen
n. - Tirade

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μιλώ με στόμφο
n. - στομφώδης αγόρευση, επιτίμηση

Italiano (Italian)
arringa, discorso, arringare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - arengar
n. - arenga (f)

Русский (Russian)
выступать с речью

Español (Spanish)
n. - arenga
v. tr. - arengar
v. intr. - entregar arenga

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - harangera (hålla hälsnings- el. hyllningstal), predika
n. - harang (långt tal som är fyllt av fraser)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
高谈阔论, 热烈的演说, 滔滔不绝地演讲, 慷慨陈词

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 高談闊論, 熱烈的演說
v. tr. - 滔滔不絕地演講
v. intr. - 高談闊論, 慷慨陳詞

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 긴 연설, 열변
v. tr. - 긴 설교를 하다, 열변을 토하다
v. intr. - 열변을 토하다, 장광설을 늘어 놓다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大演説, 熱弁, 長広舌, 演説
v. - 熱弁をぶつ, 熱弁をふるう

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخطب, يحاضر (الاسم) خطاب رنان, كتابه رنانه, محاضرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תוכחה, נאום‬
v. tr. - ‮נשא נאום ארוך‬
v. intr. - ‮נשא נאום ארוך‬


 
 

 

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