Harangue

In this picture you can see that this soccer team harangued the referee.

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Harangue is a scolding and long intense verbal attack. A lot of times harangue is a speech addressed to an assembly; a load vehement address, a tirade, formally, sometimes, a formal or pompous speech. Harangue can only be used in a denotative way. The word harangue can be used both as a noun and a verb. Scottish writers in c1450 created harangue. It later became part of the English dictionary in c16. This word is helpful to know because in your daily life your parent or a friend might enter into a harangue with you or someone else. If you ever want to describe a verbal fight you or someone else got into, it can be called a harangue.

In Charlotte Temple this word is used when a farmers wife comes to see if Charlotte can pay her rent because Montraville recently left her for Julia Franklin. Montraville gave a note and money to Belcour so that Charlotte would be taken care of. Of course, Belcour never gave this money or note to Charlotte so she was left to fend for herself and live on her own although pregnant and husbandless. Charlotte explains: “When she was surprised by the entrance of a farmer’s wife, who, without much ceremony, seated herself, and began this curious Harangue”(95). Charlotte receives an unexpected verbal assault from a farmer’s wife who wants to see if Charlotte can pay the rent. In this sentence the word harangue is used as a noun. Charlotte then goes on to explain what has happened and how Montaville promised to support her but has betrayed her. Charlotte asks if there is any way the farmer’s wife could ever help and be charitable because of the tuff situation Charlotte is in. An example of harangue is when the farmers wife is enraged by Charlottes call out for help. “ ‘Charity,’ cried the women impatiently interrupting her, ‘Charity indeed: why, Mistress, charity begins at home, and I have seven children at home, honest, lawful children, and it is my duty to keep them; and do you think I will give away my property to a nasty, imprudent, hussey to maintain her and her bastard…’”(96). The farmer’s wife gives a long harangue to Charlotte. In Charlotte Temple there are many examples of harangue.

The word, harangue, can be very useful in your life. For example, you could say: The protesters harangued the politician for and hour. This means that the protesters verbally attacked the politician. You can use this word to explain what is going on or how someone is speaking and so on. I could even use this word when explaining to my parents that my sister harangued me. Using harangue in your daily life can become very useful.

I recently typed harangue into google.com. At first I got definitions of the word but as I scrolled down I came across a website called Harangue.org. I clicked on the website and found that it was a blog that talked about political and social commentary. This proved that the word harangue is still used today.