About The Word Rant
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Rant
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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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