MEANING
To address someone with a long, forceful, often critical speech.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- harangue a crowd
- harangue about conduct
On the page
The foreman harangued the workers before the gates opened.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- harangue
- Past tense
- harangued
- Past participle
- harangued
- Present participle
- haranguing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- harangue
- Present continuous
- am/is/are haranguing
- Present perfect
- have/has harangued
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been haranguing
- Past
- harangued
- Past continuous
- was/were haranguing
- Past perfect
- had harangued
- Past perfect continuous
- had been haranguing
- Future
- will harangue
- Future continuous
- will be haranguing
- Future perfect
- will have harangued
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been haranguing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: harangue; harangues; harangued; harangued; haranguing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: harangues.
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