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harangue

noun/həˈraŋ/

C1CEFR level
60/100Rarity: rare
FormalRegister

A lengthy and aggressive speech intended to persuade or berate.

The coach delivered a fierce harangue to the team at half-time.

Similar: tirade, diatribe, rant

Origin: From Old Italian aringa 'public speech', of Germanic origin.

Topic: denunciation in General English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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