harangue
An impassioned, disputatious public speechAn impassioned, disputatious public speech.
» This was a much more peaceful place when it wasn't full of political harangues everywhere.
DJ_Saidez · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesAn impassioned, disputatious public speech.
Moralpredigt
стра́стное обраще́ниеstrástnoje obraščénije
A tirade, harsh scolding or rant, whether spoken or written.
She gave her son a harangue about the dangers of playing in the street.
The priest took thirty minutes to deliver his harangue on timeliness, making the entire service run late.
Moralpredigt, Tirade, Schmährede
- a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
Examples
4 sentencesThis was a much more peaceful place when it wasn't full of political harangues everywhere.
Mr. Carlyle harangued the populace from the balcony of the Buck's Head.
I'm sick and tired of listening to Tom's harangues. He doesn't know jack about anything he's ranting about.
ruМне осточертело слушать разглагольствования Тома. Он ни черта не знает, о чём бы ни взялся вещать. — Ooneykcall
Then, in his perturbed imaginings he began to write poetry, full of frantic allusions to the harangues of Demosthenes and Cicero.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English arang and French harangue, from Old Italian aringa (modern Italian arrFrom Middle English arang and French harangue, from Old Italian aringa (modern Italian arringa) from aringare (“speak in public”) (modern Italian arringare), from aringo (“public assembly”), from Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (*hriggs) or a compound containing it, akin to Old High German hring (“ring”) (whence German Ring). Doublet of range, rank, ring, and rink.
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