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harangue
Meaning: a lengthy and aggressive speech
harangue in a sentence
How harangue is used in real sentences:
The candidate's harangue lasted over an hour.
The coach launched into a long harangue at halftime.
“During an external review, a sponsor's harangue about wasted funds continued for twenty heated minutes before he suggested that a malevolent programmer had corrupted the files.”
— from the passage Signals After Midnight
Synonyms for harangue
Other words for harangue — tirade, rant and diatribe — carry the same meaning.
- tirade
- rant
- diatribe
Where it comes from
From Italian aringa 'a public address'
Memory hook
HARANGUE — sounds like a long, RANG-y rant.