rant

rant  (rnt)

v. rant·ed, rant·ing, rants

v.intr.

To speak or write in an angry or violent manner; rave.

v.tr.

To utter or express with violence or extravagance: a dictator who ranted his vitriol onto a captive audience.

n.

1. Violent or extravagant speech or writing.

2. A speech or piece of writing that incites anger or violence: "The vast majority [of teenagers logged onto the Internet] did not encounter recipes for pipe bombs or deranged rants about white supremacy" (Daniel Okrent).

3. Chiefly British Wild or uproarious merriment.

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[Probably from obsolete Dutch ranten.]

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ranter n.

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rant [rænt]

vb

1. to utter (something) in loud, violent, or bombastic tones

2. (intr) Chiefly Scot to make merry; frolic

n

1. loud, declamatory, or extravagant speech; bombast

2. Chiefly Scot a wild revel

3. Scot an energetic dance or its tune

[from Dutch ranten to rave; related to German ranzen to gambol]

ranter  n

ranting  adj & n

rantingly  adv

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Rant fanatics collectively.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rant - a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion harangue, ranting declamation - vehement oratory screed - a long monotonous harangue
	2.	rant - pompous or pretentious talk or writing blah, bombast, claptrap, fustian grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric - high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language"
Verb	1.	rant - talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner jabber, mouth off, rabbit on, rave, spout mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

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rant

verb

shout, roar, yell, rave, bellow, cry, spout (informal), bluster, declaim, vociferate I don't rant and rave or throw tea cups.

noun

tirade, rhetoric, bluster, diatribe, harangue, bombast, philippic, vociferation, fanfaronade (rare) As the boss began his rant, I stood up and went out.

Translations

rant [rænt]

A. VI (= declaim) → vociferar
to rant at sb (= be angry) → despotricar contra algn
to rant on about sb (angrily) → echar pestes de algn
he ranted and raved for hours → despotricó durante varias horas

B. N → diatriba f

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rant [ˈrænt]

vi (= speak angrily) → fulminer
to rant at sb → fulminer contre qn
to rant about sth, to rant against sth → fulminer contre qch
to rant and rave → tempêter

n → diatribe f
a rant against sth → une diatribe contre qch

rant on

vi → fulminer

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rant

vi (emotionally, angrily) → eine Schimpfkanonade loslassen (inf); (= talk nonsense) → irres Zeug reden (inf); to rant (and rave) (= be angry) → herumschimpfen; to rant (and rave) at somebody → mit jdm schimpfen; what’s he ranting (on) about? → worüber lässt er sich denn da aus? (inf)

n → Schimpfkanonade f (inf)

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rant [rænt] vi (pej) to rant (at sb) → inveire (contro qn)

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rant

v rant [rӕnt]

to talk angrily He's still ranting (and raving) about the damage to his car. kla, kerm, skree يَتَكَلَّم بِغَضَب وضَجَّه гневя се vztekle křičet råbe op schimpfen ωρύομαι vociferar, echar pestes käratsema پر خاش کردن؛ رجز خواندن paasata fulminer לְהִתרָברֵב हल्ला मचाकर दोषारोपण करना njurgati nagy hangon beszél mengomel ausa úr skálum reiði sinnar sbraitare どなり立てる 몹시 꾸짖다 burnoti klaigāt menggembar-gembur tieren rase, skråle wymyślać arengar a tuna şi a fulgera устроить разнос zúrivo kričať besneti besneti orera, gorma พูดโวยวาย atıp tutmak 激動地說 вибухати тирадами اونچی آواز میں بولنا nguyền rủa 咆哮