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Antonyms for harangue

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : huh-rang
Phonetic Transcription : həˈræŋ


Definition of harangue

Origin :
  • mid-15c., arang, Scottish (in English from c.1600), from Middle French harangue (14c.), from Italian aringo "public square, platform," from a Germanic source ultimately from or including Proto-Germanic *ring "circular gathering" (see ring (n.1)). Perhaps it is ultimately from Gothic *hriggs (pronounced "hrings"), with the first -a- inserted to ease Romanic pronunciation of Germanic hr- (cf. hamper (n.)). But Barnhart suggests a Germanic compound, hari-hring "circular gathering," literally "army-ring."
  • noun long lecture
  • verb give a long lecture
Example sentences :
  • The jury had listened to the buzzard's harangue, with their eyes, not with their ears.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • Out in the night the yells had subsided since the Hadji's harangue, if not wholly because of it.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • Flanagan, standing in his stirrups, attempted to harangue the mob.
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • It was impossible to take offence at the mock seriousness of Bobby's harangue.
  • Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • The girl 128 was leaning over, and the man evidently was delivering a harangue.
  • Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts
  • I did not expect McNeice to deliver a harangue on the whole seventeen, but that is what he did.
  • Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham
  • It was evident that he was determined to make his harangue on that night.
  • Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
  • As for Devlin, he was introduced accidentally at end of harangue.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 15, 1914 » by Various
  • When William returned he made quite an harangue, which Arthur interpreted.
  • Extract from : « Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled » by Hudson Stuck
  • It was succeeded by a harangue of the Admiral against the captured ex-patriot.
  • Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall

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