<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.</li><li>a long, passionate, and vehement speech, especially one delivered before a public gathering.</li><li>any long, pompous speech or writing of a tediously hortatory or didactic nature; sermonizing lecture or discourse.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to address in a harangue.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to deliver a harangue.</li></ul>