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as in diatribe
a long angry speech or scolding
launched into a long harangue about poor customer service without realizing that I wasn't even an employee!
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as in speech
a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience
the dictator's lengthy harangue before a captive audience
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as in to speak
to give a formal often extended talk on a subject
the eminent professor harangued for three hours on his favorite subject, the clash of East and West
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as in to discourse
to talk as if giving an important and formal speech
a talk-show guest using the interviewer's questions as an opportunity to harangue on a variety of pet peeves
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Elizabeth Stauffer, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
The Watergate tapes revealed Mr. Kissinger spending humiliating hours listening to the president’s harangues, including antisemitic comments delivered to his Jewish secretary of state.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 25 July 2024
What does seem clear is that, on this set and likely on many others, Gutierrez-Reed was one of countless crew members who were underpaid, overworked, harangued by equally frazzled supervisors, and pushed to cut corners to save money and time.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 13 July 2024
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Noun
The three biggest takeaways from Biden’s harangue had nothing to do with the speech itself.
—Elizabeth Stauffer, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
The Watergate tapes revealed Mr. Kissinger spending humiliating hours listening to the president’s harangues, including antisemitic comments delivered to his Jewish secretary of state.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
Verb
There, on the outskirts of the famous rotunda, Bailey accosted and started haranguing me about [the New York law Trump was found liable for violating].
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 25 July 2024
What does seem clear is that, on this set and likely on many others, Gutierrez-Reed was one of countless crew members who were underpaid, overworked, harangued by equally frazzled supervisors, and pushed to cut corners to save money and time.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 13 July 2024
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“Harangue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harangue. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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