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harangueha‧rangue /həˈræŋ/ verb [transitive] harangueOrigin: 1400-1500 French, Old Italian aringa VERB TABLEharangue |
Present | I, you, we, they | harangue | | he, she, it | harangues | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | harangued | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have harangued | | he, she, it | has harangued | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had harangued | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will harangue | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have harangued |
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Present | I | am haranguing | | he, she, it | is haranguing | | you, we, they | are haranguing | Past | I, he, she, it | was haranguing | | you, we, they | were haranguing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been haranguing | | he, she, it | has been haranguing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been haranguing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be haranguing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been haranguing |
- Teachers can't teach when they have to harangue the kids about good behavior.
- He'd thrown the receiver off the hook, but she was haranguing the empty line, demanding he reply.
- He walked round and round his small chamber, haranguing the walls.
- However, after haranguing us and making me mop up his uniform, the outraged policeman indicated a couple of wash-basins.
- Once we were harangued to eat protein, and heaven help the poor water buffalo who ambled past me at mealtime.
- The boys were harangued by a man in a full beard.
to speak in a loud angry way, often for a long time, in order to criticize someone or to persuade them that you are rightharangue somebody about something He stood on the street corner, haranguing passers-by about the stupidity of the forthcoming war.—harangue noun [countable] |