noun
Meaning 1
An impassioned, disputatious public speech.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
harangue
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/həˈɹæŋ/ without æ-raising
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[həˈɹæŋ] without æ-raising
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Canada, US: /həˈɹeɪ̯ŋ/
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Canada, US: [həˈɹeɪ̯ŋ]
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Canada, US: /həˈɹɛ̃ŋ/
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rhymes with -æŋ
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CMU ARPABET: HH ER0 AE1 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A tirade, harsh scolding or rant, whether spoken or written.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She gave her son a harangue about the dangers of playing in the street.
- The priest took thirty minutes to deliver his harangue on timeliness, making the entire service run late.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: admonition, condemnation, criticism, diatribe, polemic, rant, screed, tirade, dithyramb, harangue, impugnation, j'accuse, jeremiad, philippic, slanging match
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To give a forceful and lengthy lecture or criticism to someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Examples
- The angry motorist leapt from his car to harangue the other driver.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: admonish, berate, lecture
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rant, ranting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: declamation
Narrower terms: screed
verb
Meaning 5
deliver a harangue to; address forcefully
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: address, speak
History
Etymology
From Middle English arang and French harangue, from Old Italian aringa (modern Italian arringa) from aringare (“speak in public”) (modern Italian arringare), from aringo (“public assembly”), from Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (*hriggs) or a compound containing it, akin to Old High German hring (“ring”) (whence German Ring). Doublet of range, rank, ring, and rink.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ճառ (čaṙ) — impassioned speech
- Bulgarian: публична реч (publična reč) — impassioned speech
- Catalan: arenga — impassioned speech
- Czech: plamenná řeč — impassioned speech
- Czech: tiráda — impassioned speech
- Finnish: palopuhe — impassioned speech
- French: harangue — impassioned speech
- German: Moralpredigt — impassioned speech
- Greek: φιλιππικός (filippikós) — impassioned speech
- Italian: arringa — impassioned speech
- Italian: concione — impassioned speech
- Korean: 열변 (yeolbyeon) — impassioned speech
- Manx: ard-loayrtys — impassioned speech
- Occitan: arenga — impassioned speech
- Russian: стра́стное обраще́ние (strástnoje obraščénije) — impassioned speech
- Spanish: arenga — impassioned speech
- Spanish: soflama — impassioned speech
- Welsh: araith — impassioned speech
- Welsh: anerchiad — impassioned speech
- Bulgarian: тирада (tirada) — tirade
- Catalan: arenga — tirade
- Czech: tiráda — tirade
- Czech: kázání — tirade
- Czech: proslov — tirade
- Dutch: preek — tirade
- Finnish: vuodatus — tirade
- Finnish: saarna — tirade
- French: sermon — tirade
- French: remontrance — tirade
- French: harangue — tirade
- German: Moralpredigt — tirade
- German: Tirade — tirade
- German: Schmährede — tirade
- German: Sermon — tirade
- Greek: αναβαλλόμενος (anavallómenos) — tirade
- Greek: εξάψαλμος (exápsalmos) — tirade
- Manx: ard-loayrtys — tirade
- Occitan: arenga — tirade
- Spanish: sermón — tirade
- Spanish: arenga — tirade
- Spanish: diatriba — tirade
- Spanish: despotrique — tirade
- Spanish: soflama — tirade
- Swedish: harang — tirade
- Czech: domlouvat — to give a forceful lecture
- Czech: dělat kázání — to give a forceful lecture
- Czech: kázat — to give a forceful lecture
- Czech: řečnit — to give a forceful lecture
- Finnish: saarnata — to give a forceful lecture
- Finnish: paasata — to give a forceful lecture
- French: sermonner — to give a forceful lecture
- Greek: κατσαδιάζω (katsadiázo) — to give a forceful lecture
- Greek: εξαπολύω φιλιππικό (exapolýo filippikó) — to give a forceful lecture
- Greek: ψέλνω τον αναβαλλόμενο (psélno ton anavallómeno) — to give a forceful lecture
- Greek: ρίχνω εξάψαλμο (ríchno exápsalmo) — to give a forceful lecture
- Ancient Greek: ἐπιδημηγορέω (epidēmēgoréō) — to give a forceful lecture
- Norman: achîtrer — to give a forceful lecture
- Greek: δημηγορώ (dimigoró) — to address the public
- Ancient Greek: ἀγορεύω (agoreúō) — to address the public
- Spanish: arengar — to address the public