noun
definition
An impassioned, disputatious public speech.
definition
A tirade, harsh scolding or rant, whether spoken or written.
example
She gave her son a harangue about the dangers of playing in the street.
verb
definition
To give a forceful and lengthy lecture or criticism to someone.
example
The angry motorist leapt from his car to harangue the other driver.
Examples of harangues in a Sentence
They include his "Harangues" and "Remonstrances," the Epistles, the Memoire to Charles IX., a Traite de la reformation de la justice, and his will.
Somers was against such a measure; but Godolphin, who was believed to be personally alluded to in one of these harangues under the nickname of "Volpone," urged the necessity of a prosecution, and gained the day.
Billy Duffy often harangues me about what I see in them, clearly falling into the latter.
Commission (Appendix, pp. 379-397), contains numerous letters from various popes, from the king, a correspondence dealing with the affairs of the university of Oxford, another with the province of Gascony, beside some harangues and letters evidently kept as models to be used on various occasions.
In England the people are free to assemble as they please, to march in procession through the streets, to gather in open spaces, to listen to the harangues, often forcibly expressed, of mob orators, provided always that no obstruction is caused or that no disorder or breach of the peace is threatened.