Entry Word: harangue

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a long angry speech or scolding <launched into a long harangue about tossing his newspaper in the bushes without realizing that Iʼm not even his paper girl!> — see tirade
2 a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience <the speaker who was to give an informative harangue on life in a Muslim country> — see speech 1