#harangue

[tenth-sentence]

He harangued the rocks, and called upon the stones about him to witness his innocence and his sacrifice.

"For the Term of His Natural Life" - Marcus Clarke

[nothingpersonalkid]

Wish I could geek out to someone in my life that 0.999... equals to 1 but no one in my life cares enough and I am sad and lonely and will die alone with no one to hear my harangue

[daily-french-words]

harangue : nf. discours sérieux prononcé devant une assemblée ou une personnalité importante.

ex : Le général prononce une harangue devant ses soldats pour les motiver.

2/10 (at least I think? I'd never heard it before, but it might depend on the region you're in).

oration : a formal public speech delivered on a special occasion.

As always, harangue also exists in English with the exact same writing, but I translated it with something else because translation is hell!

It can also be used in a more familiar context, and in that case would refer to a boring or overly formal lecture, generally used as a negative term.

This one was borrowed from Italian! From arringa, "public speech" and earlier than that from arringo, "arena". These forms date back from around the 1300s, and interestingly enough, seem to come from the Gothic words hriggs and hring (earlier form), "circle, ring" (which may also be at the origin of the current English word ring).

[kneipho]

      No. 19: Talk - Lecture, Chatter, Harangue © 2016-17 kneipho

[brakeistostop-blog]

Memes have never been more relatable amiright

[oxford-dictionary-offical]

Word of the day:

Harangue

Noun

A lengthy and aggressive speech.

"They were subjected to a ten-minute harangue by two border guards"

Verb

Lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner.

"The kind of guy who harangued total strangers about PCB levels in whitefish"

[xvocabthiamm]

Harangue

Definition: A lengthy and aggressive speech

Sentence: Jim gave a passionate HARANGUE after Mimi called him fat

The man depicted in this picture gave plenty of harangues

Synonym: Tirade, Rant

Antonyms: Panegyric, calm speech

[globalhappenings]

Zaki: today the sixth hearing of the Mansura trial

Zaki: today the sixth hearing of the Mansura trial

(ANSA) – CAIRO, JUN 21 – The sixth hearing in the trial of Patrick Zaki, the student of the University of Bologna who, although on the loose, still risks five years in prison with the ‘accusation of spreading false news to the detriment of his country. The chief lawyer of the 31-year-old researcher, Hoda Nasrallah, did not make any predictions on the contents and possible outcomes of the…

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