harangue : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: harangue	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for harangue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harangue n a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion Synonym(s): harangue, rant, ranting v deliver a harangue to; address forcefully
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harangue \Harangue"\, n. [F. harangue: cf. Sp. arenda, It. aringa; lit., a speech before a multitude or on the hustings, It. aringo arena, hustings, pulpit; all fr. OHG. hring ring, anything round, ring of people, G. ring. See {Ring}.] A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting. Gray-headed men and grave, with warriors mixed, Assemble, and harangues are heard. --Milton. Syn: {Harangue}, {Speech}, {Oration}. Usage: Speech is generic; an oration is an elaborate and rhetorical speech; an harangue* is a vehement appeal to the passions, or a noisy, disputatious address. A general makes an harangue to his troops on the eve of a battle; a demagogue harangues the populace on the subject of their wrongs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harangue \Ha*rangue"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Harangued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Haranguing}.] [Cf. F. haranguer, It. aringare.] To make an harangue; to declaim.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harangue \Ha*rangue"\, v. t. To address by an harangue.