1
: a speech addressed to a public assembly
listening to his capacious harangue and its immaculate delivery—Sir Winston Churchill
2
: a ranting speech or writing
emotional and frequently violent harangues—K. E. Read
the long, tiresome harangue so characteristic of … books on the subject—J. H. Donnelly
3
: lecture
gave me a harangue on the subject of my poor grades
harangued; haranguing
: to make a harangue (see harangue entry 1) : declaim
poets … and philosophers recited their works, and harangued for diversion—Tobias Smollett
: to address in a harangue
haranguing me … on the folly of my ways—Jay Jacobs
haranguer
noun
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