harangue
verb/həˈræŋ/
/həˈræŋ/
(disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they harangue | /həˈræŋ/ /həˈræŋ/ |
| he / she / it harangues | /həˈræŋz/ /həˈræŋz/ |
| past simple harangued | /həˈræŋd/ /həˈræŋd/ |
| past participle harangued | /həˈræŋd/ /həˈræŋd/ |
| -ing form haranguing | /həˈræŋɪŋ/ /həˈræŋɪŋ/ |
- harangue somebody to speak loudly and angrily in a way that criticizes somebody/something or tries to persuade people to do something
- He walked to the front of the stage and began to harangue the audience.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French arenge, from medieval Latin harenga, perhaps of Germanic origin. The spelling was later altered to conform with French harangue (noun), haranguer (verb).Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
harangue