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Definition of rant in English: rantverb rantrænt [no object]Speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned way. she was still ranting on about the unfairness of it all Example sentencesExamples - Among other topics we discussed, she ranted about some of the things my stepdad does that drive her nuts.
- This is to the moron who ranted about the chicken commercials.
- Kitsumi ranted, walking back and forth silently and mindlessly along the sidewalk.
- He ranted for years about how it should not be winner-takes-all.
- For some reason he ranted on and on about the fact that they'd been promised a move to new offices, and it wouldn't happen.
- I remember writing a letter to the editor, where I ranted about the state of literature in this country.
- The rest came back about an hour or so later, and we ranted about the wedding for many an hour.
- After dealing with the young man I ranted about a few months ago, it's certainly a welcome change.
- He assaulted nurses who tried to calm and restrain him and left other workers cowering as he ranted at them.
- One frail elderly man ranted on at length about a catalogue of mistakes on his account, some of which went back to 1939.
- I lost my temper and ranted and raged for 10 minutes, then jammed the phone down, and felt very, very bad.
- Josh ranted, too absorbed in his words to notice the incredulous expression his companion was wearing.
- I then got distracted by the real world and I ranted about power stations.
- I've ranted about this issue before, and my opinion remains unchanged.
- As you may recall I ranted about this a week or so ago.
- I ranted at length about this in an article published earlier this year in Bermuda's daily newspaper.
- Theodore was still ranting angrily under his breath about Matt and Lidia, but she didn't mind.
- Thank you, Mr Cochrane, for publishing what many of us have ranted about within our own circles for the last few months.
- He ranted about my disregard for the law and my campaign to drive music retailers out of business.
- He ranted on like this for several minutes, close to tears, while Jimmy Saville grinned and played with his jewellery.
Synonyms hold forth, go on and on, deliver a tirade, rant and rave, fulminate, sound off, spout, pontificate, trumpet, bluster, declaim
noun rantrænt A spell of ranting; a tirade. his rants against organized religion Example sentencesExamples - My best rants happen at these times of low motivation.
- Indeed, the vitriolic rants of several pundits smacks of jealousy.
- She hated the rants of Burrell in the Daily Mirror.
- You'd almost think Ewen McKenzie has been reading his occasional rugby rants.
- He embarks on a rant about a late Evening Standard critic and fiddles with his lighter to calm down.
- Didn't she figure out that her right-wing rants will play poorly here?
- As it's already been pointed out, this latest diatribe is even less logical than his previous rants.
- As if concerned that his rants may appear too smug or self-important, he tempers them with spoonfuls of self-loathing.
- This year, I'm transcribing these rants in case someone somewhere might want to read them.
- Ann and I have our differences on the issues, but I personally appreciate her psychotic rants.
- She was used to Maria's rants and tirades, having picked her up from every session ever since she got a drivers' license.
- Hey, it's a way to ensure my rants reach even more people!
- Leave the room now if you're fed up with my almost monthly rants about the impossibility of the property market in the UK.
- But when these rants are offered abroad as legitimate criticisms of this country, it is a cultural crime.
- I'll have rants about bra shopping and other subjects later, I'm sure.
- As long as their rants were confined to forums and poorly organised rallies, no one really cared.
- She couldn't bear any more of the main character's long-winded rants about pineapples.
- So if you're looking for snarling rants about politics and war, come back in the New Year and we'll see what happens.
- I usually prefer to ignore his rants but this is really too much.
- Women scorn Clint and Clint scorns women, writing misogynist rants under the byline ‘Yellow Dog’.
Synonyms tirade, harangue, diatribe, broadside, verbal onslaught rare philippic
Phrases Shout and complain angrily and at length. stop ranting and raving for a minute and start being honest with yourself Example sentencesExamples - I rant and rave at the screen, decrying the dumbing down of what used to be a medium for entertaining and educating.
- ‘Joe called our head offices himself and ranted and raved about it,’ says a top editor at one of the weeklies.
- People seem to think he is not passionate enough, but it's just that he doesn't rant and rave.
- I could rant and rave about it but that wouldn't make a difference.
- ‘You can't rant and rave; you can't scream and put people in shock, though I have worked with directors who do that and it's pretty scary,’ Garry says.
- So when I used to rant and rave about it, it was because I did not have first hand knowledge.
- He ranted and raved, and gave the same lines again and again.
- I began to rant and rave angrily, in a loud voice.
- Are you tired of hearing students rant and rave about how their tuition fees are too high?
- Only this afternoon did I rant and rave about these designs.
Synonyms hold forth, go on and on, deliver a tirade, rant and rave, fulminate, sound off, spout, pontificate, trumpet, bluster, declaim
Origin Late 16th century (in the sense 'behave boisterously'): from Dutch ranten 'talk nonsense, rave'. Rhymes ant, Brabant, Brandt, brant, cant, enceinte, extant, gallant, Kant, levant, pant, pointe, pointes, scant Definition of rant in US English: rantverbrantrænt [no object]Speak or shout at length in a wild, impassioned way. she was still ranting on about the unfairness of it all Example sentencesExamples - Among other topics we discussed, she ranted about some of the things my stepdad does that drive her nuts.
- He ranted about my disregard for the law and my campaign to drive music retailers out of business.
- Theodore was still ranting angrily under his breath about Matt and Lidia, but she didn't mind.
- I ranted at length about this in an article published earlier this year in Bermuda's daily newspaper.
- The rest came back about an hour or so later, and we ranted about the wedding for many an hour.
- This is to the moron who ranted about the chicken commercials.
- I've ranted about this issue before, and my opinion remains unchanged.
- One frail elderly man ranted on at length about a catalogue of mistakes on his account, some of which went back to 1939.
- After dealing with the young man I ranted about a few months ago, it's certainly a welcome change.
- As you may recall I ranted about this a week or so ago.
- I then got distracted by the real world and I ranted about power stations.
- I remember writing a letter to the editor, where I ranted about the state of literature in this country.
- For some reason he ranted on and on about the fact that they'd been promised a move to new offices, and it wouldn't happen.
- Thank you, Mr Cochrane, for publishing what many of us have ranted about within our own circles for the last few months.
- I lost my temper and ranted and raged for 10 minutes, then jammed the phone down, and felt very, very bad.
- Josh ranted, too absorbed in his words to notice the incredulous expression his companion was wearing.
- He ranted on like this for several minutes, close to tears, while Jimmy Saville grinned and played with his jewellery.
- He assaulted nurses who tried to calm and restrain him and left other workers cowering as he ranted at them.
- He ranted for years about how it should not be winner-takes-all.
- Kitsumi ranted, walking back and forth silently and mindlessly along the sidewalk.
Synonyms hold forth, go on and on, deliver a tirade, rant and rave, fulminate, sound off, spout, pontificate, trumpet, bluster, declaim
nounrantrænt A spell of ranting; a tirade. his rants against organized religion Example sentencesExamples - I'll have rants about bra shopping and other subjects later, I'm sure.
- As if concerned that his rants may appear too smug or self-important, he tempers them with spoonfuls of self-loathing.
- This year, I'm transcribing these rants in case someone somewhere might want to read them.
- Ann and I have our differences on the issues, but I personally appreciate her psychotic rants.
- Women scorn Clint and Clint scorns women, writing misogynist rants under the byline ‘Yellow Dog’.
- Leave the room now if you're fed up with my almost monthly rants about the impossibility of the property market in the UK.
- As it's already been pointed out, this latest diatribe is even less logical than his previous rants.
- She was used to Maria's rants and tirades, having picked her up from every session ever since she got a drivers' license.
- As long as their rants were confined to forums and poorly organised rallies, no one really cared.
- Indeed, the vitriolic rants of several pundits smacks of jealousy.
- Hey, it's a way to ensure my rants reach even more people!
- I usually prefer to ignore his rants but this is really too much.
- She couldn't bear any more of the main character's long-winded rants about pineapples.
- You'd almost think Ewen McKenzie has been reading his occasional rugby rants.
- So if you're looking for snarling rants about politics and war, come back in the New Year and we'll see what happens.
- But when these rants are offered abroad as legitimate criticisms of this country, it is a cultural crime.
- He embarks on a rant about a late Evening Standard critic and fiddles with his lighter to calm down.
- Didn't she figure out that her right-wing rants will play poorly here?
- She hated the rants of Burrell in the Daily Mirror.
- My best rants happen at these times of low motivation.
Synonyms tirade, harangue, diatribe, broadside, verbal onslaught
Phrases Shout and complain angrily and at length. Example sentencesExamples - I could rant and rave about it but that wouldn't make a difference.
- So when I used to rant and rave about it, it was because I did not have first hand knowledge.
- People seem to think he is not passionate enough, but it's just that he doesn't rant and rave.
- He ranted and raved, and gave the same lines again and again.
- ‘You can't rant and rave; you can't scream and put people in shock, though I have worked with directors who do that and it's pretty scary,’ Garry says.
- Only this afternoon did I rant and rave about these designs.
- ‘Joe called our head offices himself and ranted and raved about it,’ says a top editor at one of the weeklies.
- I began to rant and rave angrily, in a loud voice.
- I rant and rave at the screen, decrying the dumbing down of what used to be a medium for entertaining and educating.
- Are you tired of hearing students rant and rave about how their tuition fees are too high?
Synonyms hold forth, go on and on, deliver a tirade, rant and rave, fulminate, sound off, spout, pontificate, trumpet, bluster, declaim
Origin Late 16th century (in the sense ‘behave boisterously’): from Dutch ranten ‘talk nonsense, rave’. |