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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dwell on |
| Synonyms: | beat a dead horse, go on about, hammer home, overwork, pound, rehash, repeat |
| Main Entry: | harangue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give a long lecture |
| Synonyms: | accost, address, apostrophize, buttonhole, chew out, declaim, exhort, get on a soapbox, go on about, hold forth, orate, perorate, rant, rave, soapbox, spiel*, spout, stump, talk to, yell at |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be very enthusiastic |
| Synonyms: | be delighted, be excited, be mad about, be wild about, bubble*, carry on about, cry up, effervesce, enthuse, fall all over, go on about, gush, make a to-do, praise, rhapsodize |
| Antonyms: | denounce, discourage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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