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111“Rant” — by Diane Di Prima (1985) This marvelous example of late Beat poetry was written in 1985 and included in the 1990 collection Pieces of a Song. By title, form, and spirit diane di prima’s “Rant” evokes allen ginsberg’s “howl.” Di Prima has… …
112harangue — [hə raŋ] verb lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and hectoring manner. noun a forceful and aggressive speech. Derivatives haranguer noun Origin ME: from OFr. arenge, from med. L. harenga, perh. of Gmc origin; altered to conform with Fr …
113hector — [ hɛktə] verb talk to (someone) in a bullying way. Derivatives hectoring adjective hectoringly adverb Origin ME (orig. denoting a hero, later a braggart or bully): from the Trojan warrior Hector in Homer s Iliad …
114burly — a. 1. Stout, lusty, brawny, portly, bulky, strong, strapping, bouncing (colloq.). 2. (Obsolescent.) Boisterous, noisy, blustering, swaggering, bullying, hectoring, coarse and rough …
115fanfaronade — n. 1. Bluster, swaggering, boasting, bragging, bullying, hectoring, gasconade, braggadocio. 2. Empty boasting, vain pretence, ostentation, flourish, bombast, rodomontade …
116huffish — a.; (also huffy) 1. Angry, petulant, pettish, irritable. 2. Blustering, arrogant, insolent, hectoring …
117hector — verb (I, T) to speak to someone in an angry, threatening way: a hectoring, bullying tone of voice …
118bluster — 1. verb 1) he started blustering about the general election Syn: rant, rave, thunder, bellow, sound off; be overbearing; informal throw one s weight around/about 2) storms bluster in from the sea Syn: blast, gust, storm, roar …
119annoyance — n 1. irritant, nuisance, bother, pest, bur, thorn in the side or flesh, pea in the shoe, salt in the wound, Inf. headache, Inf. pain, Sl. pain in the neck or rear, Sl. hassle; trouble, problem, affliction; trial, ordeal, tribulation; weight, load …
120annoying — adj 1. bothersome, pestering, Inf. pesky, Inf. pestiferous, vexatious; troublesome, troubling, thorny, fretful, worrisome, worrying, Dial. plaguy; hectoring, harassing, hounding, dogging, nagging, tormenting. 2. nettlesome, nettling, irritating,… …
