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as in diatribe
a long angry speech or scolding
launched into a long harangue about poor customer service without realizing that I wasn't even an employee!
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as in speech
a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience
the dictator's lengthy harangue before a captive audience
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as in to speak
to give a formal often extended talk on a subject
the eminent professor harangued for three hours on his favorite subject, the clash of East and West
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as in to discourse
to talk as if giving an important and formal speech
a talk-show guest using the interviewer's questions as an opportunity to harangue on a variety of pet peeves
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Recent Examples of harangue
Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
The three biggest takeaways from Biden’s harangue had nothing to do with the speech itself.
—Elizabeth Stauffer, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
The Editors, National Review, 17 Oct. 2024
Doctors are being harangued for injury information that might be useful for gaining an edge in wagering.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Noun
In recent campaign appearances, Trump has tended to stand alone on the stage and deliver a harangue, but in Des Moines he was flanked by his sons Eric and Don, Jr., and devoted part of his meandering victory speech to the sports preferences and tall height of his youngest son, Barron.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
The three biggest takeaways from Biden’s harangue had nothing to do with the speech itself.
—Elizabeth Stauffer, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
Verb
Ever since the October 7 attacks, President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have sought to thread this needle by talking about their commitment to Israel’s defense while routinely haranguing Israel for its conduct of the war and pressuring the nation to operate with more restraint.
—The Editors, National Review, 17 Oct. 2024
Doctors are being harangued for injury information that might be useful for gaining an edge in wagering.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for harangue
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The fallout in Indy could be considerable if team owner Jim Irsay shares any of the frustrations former Colts punter Pat McAfee expressed in a scorching postgame diatribe.Mike Sando, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Damian starts delivering a diatribe on climate change while at lunch with Ingrid.James Factora, Them, 20 Dec. 2024
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And honorees didn’t forget to include motivational messages in their speeches.Renan Botelho, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025
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President Biden postponed a speech in Joshua Tree due to the intense conditions.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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To show the robot in action, Honda then screened a short video that showed a driver speaking intimately with the Her-like system that lives inside her electric car, with the chatbot embodied by a Siri-like animation on the dash.Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
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He’s spoken with the Jets and is expected to interview with the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, a source told The Star.Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
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And, of course, discourse about the current state of democracy certainly isn’t unique to Korea.Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
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But by Obama’s second term in office, discourse about the importance of representation in media had intensified, and the show came under fire in 2013 for not featuring a Black woman cast member in five years.Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
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The attack triggered a shutdown of parts of Change Healthcare’s electronic system, leaving doctors and other providers of medical care without the ability to get insurance approval of patient services.Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Other Republicans in attendance included Mr. Bush and Mike Pence, who was Mr. Trump’s vice president during his first term and was the target of rioters during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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Buffett has been lecturing on inflation in his shareholder letters since the 1960s and his strategy has never changed (much to the advantage of his shareholders).James Berman, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Tucker Carlson, the Trump acolyte and former Fox News presenter, visits Moscow, where he is granted a two-hour interview with Vladimir Putin, most of which consists of Carlson being lectured on Russian history.The Week UK, theweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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Keeping performers’ voices in good condition for that long haul is the province of a tribe of vocal coaches in Hollywood and everywhere else people sing or declaim for their supper.Jonathan Margolis, airmail.news, 21 Dec. 2024
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The Koreans have a lesson to share with those whose intellectuals, driven by identity and the metaphysics of difference, declaim ownership of the Enlightenment and its legacy.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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The long-term inadvertent adverse consequences could be that society as a whole will lean further and further into emotional tirades.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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His tirades to staff were matched by his abuse of punters in social media forums.Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Harangue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harangue. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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