harangue
4
8.9
- noun
- /həˈræŋ/
:
diatriba
- Over the years, like many, I was often subjected to free market harangues.
- a political harangue
Nobody is entitled to that, to keep showing up to someone to heal, to hear the same harangues and insults and gaslighting and manipulation.
- Nobody is entitled to that, to keep showing up to someone to heal, to hear the same harangues and insults and gaslighting and manipulation.
Examples
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Grisham also issued a scorching harangue against Stone, claiming the director "is saying murder is cool and fun."
Academic text (1998) -
"Every year at Passover," Spivak began again, "my dad would go into a big harangue about leaving an extra wineglass on the table for the prophet Elijah."
Fiction book (1998) -
And so the harangue began.
Fiction book (2001) -
I'm not going to bore you with a long harangue.
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Most were just content to listen during one of his harangues.
Fiction book (1991) -
An older man, coming out, caught the tail end of the beggar's harangue.
Fiction book (1995) -
The harangue is directed against you... ...for mounting graven images on our Temple walls.
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Tokusho cringed, expecting a harangue from the man.
Fiction book (1998) -
The clergyman rebukes the cobbler, and after a lengthy harangue and the gift of a crown piece, the cobbler promises to sing psalms after the model of More's Tom White.
Academic text (2016) -
After the controversial decision, the politician delivered a passionate harangue to his supporters, urging them to take action.
Synonyms
184
4.8
A long talk that tells someone they did wrong
102
5.1
A long loud speech or piece of writing showing anger
25
7.7
A long angry speech that criticizes someone or something
23
8.5
A long angry attack in words against someone or something
19
5.5
Loud speech that shows strong anger and little reason
7
3.3
A strong angry talk that tells someone they did something wrong
1
9.9
A loud angry speech that attacks a person or idea
1
8.8
A strong scolding you get when someone is angry with you
A loud angry scolding for someone who did something wrong
Antonyms
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Harangue comes from the Italian arringa, which comes from a word meaning 'ring' where people stood around a speaker, so imagine a crowd in a circle listening to one loud voice. That's why a harangue is a long, forceful speech.