Thesaurus: harangue

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1. n. 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. v. i. To make an harangue; to declaim.
3. v. t. To address by an harangue.
4. n. a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
5. v. deliver a harangue to; address forcefully
6. 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. Gray-headed men and grave, with warriors mixed, Assemble, and harangues are heard. Milton. Syn. -- Harangue, Speech, Oration. Speech is generic; an oration is an elaborate and rhetorical speech; an harangue is a vehement appeal to the passions, or a noisy, disputatious address. A general makes an harangue to his troops on the eve of a battle; a demagogue harangues the populace on the subject of their wrongs. To make an harangue; to declaim. To address by an harangue.
7. A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popularoration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy orpompous speech; declamation; ranting.Gray-headed men and grave, with warriors mixed, Assemble, andharangues are heard. Milton.
8. n:42/v:58 n. a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion v. deliver a harangue to; address forcefully