All harangue synonyms
haΒ·rangue
H h verb harangue
- accost β If someone accosts another person, especially a stranger, they stop them or go up to them and speak to them in a way that seems rude or threatening.
- buttonhole β A buttonhole is a hole that you push a button through in order to fasten a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing.
- declaim β If you declaim, you speak dramatically, as if you were acting in a theatre.
- orate β Make a speech, especially pompously or at length.
- stump β the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- spout β to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
- spiel β a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- rant β to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: The demagogue ranted for hours.
- perorate β to speak at length; make a long, usually grandiloquent speech.
- address β Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
- rave β to talk wildly, as in delirium.
- soapbox β Also, soap box. an improvised platform, as one on a street, from which a speaker delivers an informal speech, an appeal, or political harangue.
- apostrophize β to address an apostrophe to
- chew out β If you chew someone out, you tell them off in a very angry way.
- hold forth β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- talk to β speak to, address
- berate β If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
- lecture β a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
- criticise β criticize
- criticize β If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
- sermonise β to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
- sermonize β to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
- scold β to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
- exhort β Strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something.
noun harangue
- tirade β a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation: a tirade against smoking.
- diatribe β A diatribe is an angry speech or article which is extremely critical of someone's ideas or activities.
- criticism β the analysis or evaluation of a work of art, literature, etc
- scolding β a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- jeremiad β a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint.
- discourse β communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- oration β a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- screed β a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- declamation β a rhetorical or emotional speech, made esp in order to protest or condemn; tirade
- exhortation β An address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something.
- hassle β a disorderly dispute.
- philippic β any of the orations delivered by Demosthenes, the Athenian orator, in the 4th century b.c., against Philip, king of Macedon.
- sermon β a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- speech β the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity.
- spouting β a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.