haranguing
present participle ofharangue
harangue
verb[T]
disapprovinguk/həˈræŋ/us/həˈræŋ/tospeakto someone or agroupofpeople, often for alongtime, in aforcefuland sometimesangryway,especiallytopersuadethem:
Adrunkin thestationwas haranguing passers-by.
Lecturing & addressing
- ad lib
- co-present
- discourse
- eunoia
- extemporize
- floor
- harangue
- hold
- jawbone
- lead off
- lightning talk
- monologue
- onto
- PechaKucha
- presentation
- sermon
- sermonize
- speak
- speechify
- valediction
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Talking angrily
Examplesofharanguing
haranguing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Fewer words, lessharanguingand more action would be a more proper approach.
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We hope that we are grown-up adults and can resolve those tensions maturely, without always resorting toharanguing.
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That is why all thisharanguingis going on, all this talk of arguing from strength, when, in fact, they are all arguing from weakness.
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Many of these people are good barrack-room lawyers; they are good atharanguingthe unfortunate landlord or landlady.
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While the deputation washaranguingthe crowd from a cart the crowd broke away and charged the police.
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His successor kept onharanguingus for having betrayed the country by neglecting the needs of business in favour of the "cosier" professions.
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Stridency andharanguingare out of the window.
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Party slogans suitable forharanguingthe party faithful are not a substitute for thought.
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Outside the palisade, in the field an older warrior had been seenharanguingyounger warriors, and leading them in mock skirmishes and military exercises.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They may do backseat driving, which involvingharanguingthe driver which can distract the driver and increase the odds of car crash.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Afterharanguingthe crowd for their lewdness, the knight is pelted with rotten eggs and chased away.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.What came as a surprise was that the film did not pack a sensible story that might have made us sit through theharanguingsecond half.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Acha moved along his line,haranguinghis troops to raise their courage.
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