harangue

ha·rangue

H0055600 (hə-răng′)n.1. A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering.2. A speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade.v. ha·rangued, ha·rangu·ing, ha·rangues v.tr. To deliver a harangue to.v.intr. To deliver a harangue.

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[Middle English arang, a speech to an assembly, from Old French harangue, from Old Italian aringa, from aringare, to speak in public, probably from aringo, arringa, public square, meeting place, of Germanic origin; see koro- in Indo-European roots.]

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ha·rangu′er n.

harangue

(həˈræŋ) vbto address (a person or crowd) in an angry, vehement, or forcefully persuasive wayna loud, forceful, or angry speech[C15: from Old French, from Old Italian aringa public speech, probably of Germanic origin; related to Medieval Latin harenga; see harry, ring¹] haˈranguer n

ha•rangue

(həˈræŋ)

n., v. -rangued, -rangu•ing. n. 1. a scolding or a verbal attack; diatribe. 2. a long, passionate, and vehement speech, esp. one delivered before a public gathering. 3. any long, pompous speech or writing of a tediously hortatory or didactic nature; sermonizing discourse. v.t. 4. to address in a harangue. v.i. 5. to deliver a harangue. [1530–40; < Middle French < Italian ar(r)inga speech, oration, n. derivative of ar(r)ingare to speak in public, v. derivative of aringo public square < Gothic *hriggs ring¹] syn: See speech.

harangue

Past participle: harangued
Gerund: haranguing

Imperative
harangue
harangue

Present
I harangue
you harangue
he/she/it harangues
we harangue
you harangue
they harangue

Preterite
I harangued
you harangued
he/she/it harangued
we harangued
you harangued
they harangued

Present Continuous
I am haranguing
you are haranguing
he/she/it is haranguing
we are haranguing
you are haranguing
they are haranguing

Present Perfect
I have harangued
you have harangued
he/she/it has harangued
we have harangued
you have harangued
they have harangued

Past Continuous
I was haranguing
you were haranguing
he/she/it was haranguing
we were haranguing
you were haranguing
they were haranguing

Past Perfect
I had harangued
you had harangued
he/she/it had harangued
we had harangued
you had harangued
they had harangued

Future
I will harangue
you will harangue
he/she/it will harangue
we will harangue
you will harangue
they will harangue

Future Perfect
I will have harangued
you will have harangued
he/she/it will have harangued
we will have harangued
you will have harangued
they will have harangued

Future Continuous
I will be haranguing
you will be haranguing
he/she/it will be haranguing
we will be haranguing
you will be haranguing
they will be haranguing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been haranguing
you have been haranguing
he/she/it has been haranguing
we have been haranguing
you have been haranguing
they have been haranguing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been haranguing
you will have been haranguing
he/she/it will have been haranguing
we will have been haranguing
you will have been haranguing
they will have been haranguing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been haranguing
you had been haranguing
he/she/it had been haranguing
we had been haranguing
you had been haranguing
they had been haranguing

Conditional
I would harangue
you would harangue
he/she/it would harangue
we would harangue
you would harangue
they would harangue

Past Conditional
I would have harangued
you would have harangued
he/she/it would have harangued
we would have harangued
you would have harangued
they would have harangued

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	harangue - a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotionrant, rantingdeclamation - vehement oratoryscreed - a long monotonous harangue
Verb	1.	harangue - deliver a harangue to; address forcefullyaddress, speak - give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"

harangue

verb1. rant at, address, lecture, exhort, preach to, declaim, hold forth, spout at (informal) haranguing her furiously in words she didn't understandnoun1. rant, address, speech, lecture, tirade, polemic, broadside, diatribe, homily, exhortation, oration, spiel (informal), declamation, philippic a political harangue

harangue

nounA long, violent, or blustering speech, usually of censure or denunciation:diatribe, fulmination, jeremiad, philippic, tirade.verbTo speak in a loud, pompous, or prolonged manner:declaim, mouth, perorate, rant, rave.

Translations

向...高谈阔论高谈阔论

harangue

(həˈrӕŋ) noun a long loud speech. a harangue from the headmaster on good behaviour. 高談闊論 高谈阔论 verb to give a harangue to. 向...高談闊論 向...高谈阔论