| Word | Meaning | Synonyms |
| Fulminate | 1. To explode with a loud noise; detonate. 2. To issue denunciations or the like (usually fol. by against): The minister fulminated against legalized vice. | Upbraid, touch off, execrate, Set off, blow up, rail, denounce |
| Enthrall | 1. To captivate or charm: a performer whose grace, skill, and virtuosity enthrall her audiences. 2. To put or hold in slavery; subjugate: to be enthralled by illusions and superstitions. | enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, delight, Inthral, Inthrall |
| Harangue | 1. A scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe. 2. A long, passionate, and vehement speech, esp. one delivered before a public gathering. 3. Any long, pompous speech or writing of a tediously hortatory or didactic nature; sermonizing lecture or discourse. | Perorate (to speak at length; make a long, usually grandiloquent speech), declamation, fulmination, |
| Acclaim | 1. To welcome or salute with shouts or sounds of joy and approval; applaud: to acclaim the conquering heroes. 2. To announce or proclaim with enthusiastic approval: to acclaim the new king. | Laud, approbation, panegyrize, eulogy, hail, herald |
| Abominate | 1. To regard with intense aversion or loathing; abhor. 2. To dislike strongly. | Detest, hate, execrate, loathe, despise, abhor |
| Adulate | To show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely. | Worship, butter up, blandish, praise, gush, flatter |
| Expostulate | To reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct; remonstrate. | Argue, reason, Dissuade, remonstrate (to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval) |
| Obsessed | To dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him. | Haunted, preoccupied, bewitched, |
