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HARANGUE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("harangue" is a kind of...):
declamation (vehement oratory)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "harangue"):
screed (a long monotonous harangue)
Derivation:
harangue (deliver a harangue to; address forcefully)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they harangue ... he / she / it harangues
Past simple: harangued
Past participle: harangued
-ing form: haranguing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deliver a harangue to; address forcefully
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "harangue" is one way to...):
address; speak (give a speech to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
harangue (a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion)
haranguer (a public speaker who delivers a loud or forceful or angry speech)
