Meaning & use
Harangued
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Lectured or scolded someone at length, often angrily or forcefully.
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The manager harangued the team for missing yet another deadline.
Protesters harangued the passing politicians from the steps of city hall.
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From an old Italian word for a public assembly speech; it now almost always implies a loud, forceful, and unwelcome scolding.
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