Found 3 items, similar to harangue.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: harangue pidato
English → English (WordNet) Definition: harangue harangue n : a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion [syn: rant, ranting] harangue v : deliver a harangue to; address forcefully
English → English (gcide) Definition: Harangue Harangue \Ha*rangue"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harangued (h[.a]*r[a^]ngd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Haranguing.] [Cf. F. haranguer, It. aringare.] To make an harangue; to declaim. [1913 Webster] Harangue \Ha*rangue"\, v. t. To address by an harangue. [1913 Webster] Harangue \Ha*rangue"\ (h[.a]*r[a^]ng"), n. [F. harangue: cf. Sp. arenga, 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 to a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]