Harangue - English meaning

noun

A firm warning or reprimand.

Usage examples:

As they were about to leave, he gave them one final admonishment

verb

To warn someone not to do something, usually in a kind way, or to tell someone to do something

Usage examples:

His mother admonished him for eating too quickly., as i left i heard my husband’s admonition – "don…

noun

A firm warning or reprimand.

Usage examples:

He received numerous admonitions for his behaviour

verb

Take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force.

Usage examples:

In february the germans attacked verdun

noun

An aggressive and violent act against a person or place.

Usage examples:

He was killed in an attack on a checkpoint

verb

An offensive against an enemy

verb

Scold or criticize (someone) angrily.

Usage examples:

She berated herself for being fickle

verb

Censure severely or angrily

verb

To criticize someone in an angry manner

Usage examples:

His mother berated him for making a mess.

verb

Scold or criticize (someone) angrily.

Usage examples:

She berated herself for being fickle

verb

Present participle of berate

Usage examples:

As he left the meeting, he was berated by angry demonstrators., doctors are often berated for being…

noun

A fierce verbal attack.

Usage examples:

He launched a broadside against the economic reforms

adverb

With the side turned in a particular direction.

Usage examples:

The yacht was drifting broadside to the wind

verb

Collide with the side of (a vehicle).

Usage examples:

I had to skid my bike sideways to avoid broadsiding her

verb

Reprimand (someone) severely.

Usage examples:

He was castigated for not setting a good example

verb

Express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement.

Usage examples:

The company was heavily censured by inspectors from the department of trade

noun

The formal expression of severe disapproval.

Usage examples:

Two mps were singled out for censure

noun

The expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes.

Usage examples:

He received a lot of criticism

noun

An opinion given about something or someone, esp. a negative opinion, or the activity of making such judgments

Usage examples:

[ c ] it was meant as a suggestion, not a criticism., [ u ] he was singled out for strong criticism…

verb

Indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way.

Usage examples:

The opposition criticized the government's failure to consult adequately

noun

The action or art of declaiming.

Usage examples:

Shakespearean declamation

noun

A strong statement or an occasion when you express something with a lot of feeling

Usage examples:

He subjected us to half an hour of impassioned declamation against the new airport runway., declama…

noun

A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.

Usage examples:

A diatribe against consumerism

noun

An angry speech or piece of writing that severely criticizes something or someone

Usage examples:

He launched into a long diatribe against the lack of action in congress.

noun

An address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something.

Usage examples:

Exhortations to consumers to switch off electrical appliances

noun

The act of strongly encouraging or trying to persuade someone to do something

Usage examples:

Despite the exhortations of the union leaders the workers voted to strike., the book is essentially…

noun

An expression of vehement protest.

Usage examples:

The fulminations of media moralists

noun

Strong criticism or protest

Usage examples:

Stewart doesn't deserve such outraged fulminations., her complaint took the form of fulmination, no…

noun

A religious discourse which is intended primarily for spiritual edification rather than doctrinal instruction.

Usage examples:

The conclave opens with a mass of the holy spirit, including a key homily stressing the particular …

noun

A piece of spoken or written advice about how someone should behave

Usage examples:

He launched into a homily on family relationships.

noun

Insulting, abusive, or highly critical language.

Usage examples:

He let out a stream of invective

noun

Criticism that is very forceful, unkind, and often rude

Usage examples:

A stream of invective from some sectors of the press continues to assail the government.

verb

Criticize (someone or something) harshly.

Usage examples:

They lambasted the report as a gross distortion of the truth

verb

To criticize someone or something severely

Usage examples:

His first novel was lambasted by the critics.

noun

An educational talk to an audience, especially one of students in a university.

Usage examples:

In each course there are supporting lectures and tutorials

verb

Deliver an educational lecture or lectures.

Usage examples:

He was lecturing at the university of birmingham

verb

A speech that is open to the public

noun

A wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly imprisoned and exposed to public abuse.

Usage examples:

The punishments for which may be confiscation of the fish, imprisonment, the pillory, and the offen…

verb

Put (someone) in a pillory.

verb

To severely criticize someone, especially in a public way

Usage examples:

Although regularly pilloried by the press as an obnoxious loudmouth, he is, nonetheless, an effecti…

noun

A speech or piece of writing expressing a strongly critical attack on or controversial opinion about someone or something.

Usage examples:

His polemic against the cultural relativism of the sixties

adjective

A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.

Usage examples:

His polemic against the cultural relativism of the sixties

noun

A piece of writing or a speech in which a person argues forcefully for or against someone or something

Usage examples:

A series of polemical essays

verb

Speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned way.

Usage examples:

She was still ranting on about the unfairness of it all

noun

A spell of ranting; a tirade.

Usage examples:

His rants against organized religion

noun

The expression of blame or disapproval.

Usage examples:

Her behaviour was immature, which attracted her father's reproval

noun

A long, angry speech of criticism or accusation.

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A tirade of abuse

noun

An angry speech, often lasting a long time, that expresses strong disapproval

Usage examples:

My father’s tirades against politicians were famous.

verb

Find fault with (someone); scold.

Usage examples:

He was upbraided for his slovenly appearance