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
- 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
Synonyms for harangue
- accost
- address
- apostrophize
- buttonhole
- chew out
- chewing out
- declaim
- declamation
- diatribe
- discourse
- exhort
- exhortation
- get on a soapbox
- go on about
- hassle
- hold forth
- jeremiad
- orate
- oration
- perorate
- philippic
- rant
- rave
- reading out
- screed
- sermon
- soapbox
- speech
- spiel
- spout
- spouting
- stump
- talk to
- tirade
- yell at
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