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Rant

Rant Meaning & Definition
Rant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rant?

[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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Rant: blah | bombast | claptrap | fustian | harangue | jabber | mouth off | rabbit on | ranting | rave | spout

Related Terms | Find terms related to Rant:

See Also | declamation | grandiloquence | grandiosity | magniloquence | mouth | rhetoric | screed | speak | talk | utter | verbalise | verbalize

Rant In Webster's Dictionary

\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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