Rant

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  • intransitive verb. To speak or write in an angry or emotionally charged manner; rave.
  • intransitive verb. To express at length a complaint or negative opinion.
  • intransitive verb. To utter or express by ranting.
  • noun. Angry, emotionally charged, or tediously negative speech or writing.
  • noun. An example of such speech or writing.
  • noun. Wild or uproarious merriment.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Boisterous, empty declamation; fierce or high-sounding language without much meaning or dignity of thought; bombast.
  • noun. A ranting speech; a bombastic or boisterous utterance.
  • noun. The act of frolicking; a frolic; a boisterous merrymaking, generally accompanied with dancing.
  • noun. A kind of dance, or the music to which it was danced.
  • To speak or declaim violently and with little sense; rave: used of both the matter and the manner of utterance, or of either alone: as, a ranting preacher or actor.
  • To be jovial or jolly in a noisy way; make noisy mirth.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast.
  • intransitive verb. To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A criticism done by ranting.
  • noun. A wild, incoherent, emotional articulation.
  • verb. To speak or shout at length in an uncontrollable anger.
  • verb. To criticize by ranting.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. pompous or pretentious talk or writing
  • verb. talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
  • noun. a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  • Word Usage
    "Granted, the Comcast crap can be bothersome, but my rant is about the overabundance of Qwest promotions."
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    rave  
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    ranted  ranting  
    Hypernym
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    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ant  Brandt  Brant  Grant  Kant  
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    ranted  ranting  rants