Meaning of RANT
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- [n] pompous or pretentious talk or writing
- [n] a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
- [v] talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
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| | Synonyms: | | blah, bombast, claptrap, fustian, harangue, jabber, mouth off, rabbit on, ranting, rave, spout |
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| | See Also: | | declamation, grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, mouth, rhetoric, screed, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize | |
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\Rant\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ranted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ranting}.] [OD. ranten, randen, to dote, to be enraged.]
To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language,
without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and
bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher.
Look where my ranting host of the Garter comes! --Shak.
\Rant\, n.
High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of
thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant
of fanatics.
This is a stoical rant, without any foundation in the
nature of man or reason of things. --Atterbury.
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