ranted; ranting; rants
: to utter in a bombastic declamatory fashion
ranter
noun
1
a
: a bombastic extravagant speech
b
: bombastic extravagant language
2
dialectal British
: a rousing good time
Synonyms
Examples of rant in a Sentence
Verb
“You can rant and rave all you want,” she said, “but it's not going to change things.”
He ranted that they were out to get him.
Noun
after complaining about the hotel's lousy service, the woman went off on another rant about the condition of her room
instead of addressing the current crisis, the mayor's speech was a lot of rant emphasizing his accomplishments
Recent Examples on the Web
Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2024
Jones had been opposed to liquidating Infowars and in recent days ranted on his show about what could be its impending shutdown, urging his audience to buy his products to support him.
—Jon Passantino, CNN, 14 June 2024
Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 29 June 2024
In that same venue, during the grittier days of the late nineteen-eighties, the artist and musician Frank Maya began doing talk pieces called rants, which launched him into a brief but important standup career.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 27 June 2024
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Verb
Unable to take a minute more of Clark’s ranting, Danvers falls asleep in his room.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2024
Jones had been opposed to liquidating Infowars and in recent days ranted on his show about what could be its impending shutdown, urging his audience to buy his products to support him.
—Jon Passantino, CNN, 14 June 2024
Noun
In 2018, during an epic rant, then-WFAN talkie Maggie Gray referred to the Garden boss in a variety of unflattering terms.
—Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 29 June 2024
In that same venue, during the grittier days of the late nineteen-eighties, the artist and musician Frank Maya began doing talk pieces called rants, which launched him into a brief but important standup career.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 27 June 2024
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“Rant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rant. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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: loud and wild speech
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