Noun

(en noun)

A long, angry or violent speech; a diatribe.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.}}

*, chapter=13

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.}}

A section of verse concerning a single theme; a laisse.

Noun

(en noun)

An impassioned, disputatious public speech.

A tirade or rant, whether spoken or written.

She gave her son a harangue about the dangers of playing in the street.

The priest took thirty minutes to deliver his harangue on timeliness, making the entire service run late.

* 1895 , , Ch X:

But he continued his harangue without waiting for a reply.