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rant  (rnt)
v. rant·ed, rant·ing, rants
v.intr.
To speak or write in a 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.

[Probably from obsolete Dutch ranten.]

ranter n.

rant
Verb
to talk in a loud and excited way
Noun
loud excited speech [Dutch ranten to rave]
ranting adjn

Rant fanatics collectively.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.rantrant - a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
declamation - vehement oratory
screed - a long monotonous harangue
2.rantrant - pompous or pretentious talk or writing
grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric - high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language"
Verb1.rant - talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

rant
verb 1. shout, roar, yell, rave, bellow, cry, spout (informal) bluster, declaim, vociferate
Translations

rant [rænt] videspotricar
rant [rænt] vifulminer
rant [rænt] vischimpfen, wettern;
to rant and rave → herumwettern
rant [rænt] vivociare

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 화나서 큰 소리로 말하다, 마구 소리 지르다 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 咆哮 вибухати тирадами اونچی آواز میں بولنا nguyền rủa 咆哮


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But possibly rant is a sign of vitality: it mars the beautiful creature, but shows that she is alive.
I shall offer to pay him to-morrow; he will rant and storm about his love for you, and there will be an end of the matter.
I feel as if I could be anything or everything; as if I could rant and storm, or sigh or cut capers, in any tragedy or comedy in the English language.
 
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