harangue
huh-RANGnounMeaning a long, loud lecture meant to scold or stir people up
Memory hook ha-RANG: it RANG in our ears. Coach Ada lectures the team at the top of her lungs for twenty minutes, and her words rang in their ears all night: a real harangue.
The coach’s halftime harangue could be heard from the parking lot.
In context Grandpa’s harangue about wasting electricity went on for twenty minutes, until everyone in the house had switched off every light they could find.
Similar lecture, tirade, rant, diatribe
From French harangue, a speech to a crowd.