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as in tirades
a long angry speech or scolding
launched into a long harangue about poor customer service without realizing that I wasn't even an employee!
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as in speeches
a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience
the dictator's lengthy harangue before a captive audience
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as in lectures
to give a formal often extended talk on a subject
the eminent professor harangued for three hours on his favorite subject, the clash of East and West
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as in discourses
to talk as if giving an important and formal speech
a talk-show guest using the interviewer's questions as an opportunity to harangue on a variety of pet peeves
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for harangues
Noun
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Earlier this month, he was sued by a former Yeezy staffer who claims Kanye subjected him to antisemitic tirades.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
27 Nov. 2024 -
The emerging regulatory oversight helped check America's first radio demagogue, Father Coughlin, whose conspiratorial tirades were heard by some 30 million listeners.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Oct. 2024
Noun
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As Zwick points out, awards season is defined by endless speeches about the years and decades that not infrequently precede the making of a film.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Usually, these speeches are ceremonial diplomacy of the highest order and honor the relationship between the two nations.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Yeanoplos lectures throughout the United States on the topics of valuation, applied finance and financial analysis, has been a faculty member for the AICPA’s National Business Valuation School for close to 25 years and is currently on the faculty of the ABA Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute.—
BySteel Rose,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Jon Michaels, a professor of law at UCLA who lectures about national security, said that the documents found in the printer of the Alaskan hotel reveal a lapse in professional judgement in preparation for a high-stakes meeting.—
Chiara Eisner,
NPR,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Charles Coughlin, an antisemitic Catholic priest who once led the Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak and broadcast diatribes against Jews on a radio show.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a press conference with the prime minister of Norway following talks at Mariinskyi Palace in Kyiv on August 25, 2025.—
Daniel R. DePetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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David Boreanaz speaks onstage at the 'Interview with A Vampire.—
Brendan Le,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Despite the downward pressure on cost of cyber attacks, the sector continues to grow, as more companies treat cyber security incidents as a top priority.—
Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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This prevents many attacks that use lookalike domain names or hacks such as DNS cache poisoning to create rogue sites masquerading as the real, trusted ones.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Avrich talks to Deadline in regards to how this went down.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
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First up this week, Joelle Renstrom talks with Drew about being a teacher in 2025 and her recent essay for the site about Cliffs Notes.—
The Lit Hub Podcast,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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He's gone on numerous rants about the 26-year-old, most recently calling him childish for his actions in Dallas' preseason finale.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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Newsom has also been relishing the role of egging on conservative politicians, commentators and celebrities by mimicking the president's all-caps social media rants.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Harangues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harangues. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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