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to try to persuade, or to criticize in an impassioned and often annoying manner; or a speech with such an intent- My parents continuously harangue me about my grades.
harangue = annoyingly try to persuade or criticize
- She fears a Card Check law would permit unions to pester, harass and harangue employees who would lose the protection of a secret ballot.
- Have you heard my 15-minute harangue on Rush Limbaugh?
- I still think you see things too strongly; and I really cannot undertake to harangue all the rest upon a subject of this kind.Jane Austen -- Mansfield Park
- John laughed, and watched her for a minute, as she poised a pretty little preparation of lace and flowers on her hand, and regarded it with the genuine interest which his harangue had failed to waken.Louisa May Alcott -- Little Women
- The boys were harangued by a man in a full beard.Kurt Vonnegut -- Slaughterhouse-Five
- Mrs. van D. and Dussel continued their harangue: "You know way too much about things you're not supposed to."Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
- From the middle of the barracks, he harangued us:Elie Wiesel -- Night
- He'd smolder around the house for hours, grumbling and haranguing until he gnawed her patience down to shreds.Victor Martinez -- Parrot in the Oven
- Scott had been haranguing him about the previous evening on and off since they'd arrived at work that morning.Nicholas Sparks -- The Last Song
- Below, Riff is haranguing.Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim -- Westside Story
- It was brutal: the incessant mechanized haranguing of intensive care.John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars
- After haranguing the girl for hours through the night she harangued for hours of the day the silent Edward.Ford Madox Ford -- The Good Soldier
- He's been going up and down the western country, rousting people out and haranguing them about the Red Menace.Orson Scott Card -- Red Prophet
- My drink was by me, untouched all this long harangue.Robert A. Heinlein -- Glory Road
- These harangues must not have bothered his conscience much because that year he sent no money.Junot Diaz -- Drown
- "Good night, sir," I said, imagining the Colonel sneaking the Breathalyzer back into the Eagle's house while I got harangued at Jury.John Green -- Looking for Alaska
- "I never thowt much o' thee!" he harangued.Frances Hodgson Burnett -- The Secret Garden
- Putting her out of his mind, Max was enduring another Tweedy harangue about those running the armories and storerooms ("Base thieves and charlatans!Henry H. Neff -- The Maelstrom
- His martial men with fierce harangue he fir'd, And his own ardor in their souls inspir'd.Virgil -- The Aeneid
harangued = verbally harassed by someone trying to persuade them
harangue = impassioned, annoying, critical speech
harangued = gave a tirade (emotionally charged speech) in an annoying manner
haranguing = criticizing in an impassioned and annoying manner
haranguing = annoying with impassioned speech
haranguing = trying to persuade, or criticizing, or sharing a tirade in an impassioned and often annoying manner