Synonyms of harangues

harangues 1 of 2

noun

plural of harangue

1

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!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tirades
• diatribes
• attacks
• rants
• jeremiads
• lectures
• sermons
• criticisms
• philippics
• reprimands
• invectives
• condemnations
• vituperations
• denunciations
• assaults
• rebukes
• reproofs
• lashings
• censures
• castigations
• tongue-lashings
• disparagements
• abuses
• excoriations
• reproaches
• broadsides
• depreciations
• admonitions
• execrations
• admonishments
• deprecations
• revilements
• belittlements

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eulogies
• tributes
• encomiums
• praises
• citations
• honors
• panegyrics
• acclaim
• acclamations
• rhapsodies
• sanctions
• accolades
• approvals
• blessings
• endorsements
• commendations
• raves
• plaudits
• homages
• ovations

2

as in speeches

a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience

the dictator's lengthy harangue before a captive audience

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speeches
• declamations
• orations
• sermons
• perorations
• talks
• lectures
• addresses
• tirades
• diatribes
• rants
• monologues
• presentations
• tributes
• eulogies
• panegyrics
• soliloquies
• homilies
• keynote addresses
• spiels
• pitches
• salutatories

harangues

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of harangue

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lectures
• speaks
• talks
• orates
• discourses
• declaims
• expatiates
• holds forth
• descants
• takes the floor
• pontificates
• sermonizes
• recites
• soliloquizes
• expounds
• mouths
• spouts
• disserts
• filibusters

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discourses
• declaims
• speaks
• orates
• rants
• mouths (off)
• talks
• preaches
• lectures
• perorates
• announces
• raves
• bloviates
• proclaims
• sermonizes
• advertises
• broadcasts
• pronounces
• declares
• blows
• speechifies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of harangues

Noun

The movie is an epic series of harrumphs and harangues, propelled from room to room—and, in time, out into the world beyond the estate—by a spirit of impudent absurdism and corrosive cynicism which seems to emanate from Digger himself. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Stephen Adly Guirgis, a New York playwright who specializes in urban pressure-cooker dramas, has a gift for writing subway strap-hanger harangues. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026