Daily Word: HARANGUE

ha·rangue

  [huh-rang]  noun, verb, ha·rangued, ha·rangu·ing.

~noun

DEFINITION: 1)A scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe. 2) A long, passionate, and vehement speech, especially one delivered before a public gathering. 3)Any long, pompous speech or writing of a tediously hortatory or didactic nature; sermonizing lecture or discourse.

~ verb (used with object)

DEFINITION: 4) To address in a harangue.

~ verb (used without object)

DEFINITION: 5) To deliver a harangue.

SENTENCE: Once she went through his phone and found what she was looking for, she called him and lodged into a harangue to be heard around the world.