rant

v., rant·ed, rant·ing, rants.

v.intr.

To speak or write in an angry or violent manner; rave.

v.tr.

To utter or express with violence or extravagance: a dictator who ranted his vitriol onto a captive audience.

n.

1. Violent or extravagant speech or writing.
2. A speech or piece of writing that incites anger or violence: “The vast majority [of teenagers logged onto the Internet] did not encounter recipes for pipe bombs or deranged rants about white supremacy” (Daniel Okrent).
3. Chiefly British. Wild or uproarious merriment.

[Probably from obsolete Dutch ranten.]

ranter rant'er n.

verb

To speak in a loud, pompous, or prolonged manner: declaim, harangue, mouth, perorate, rave. See words.

noun

Pretentious, pompous speech or writing: bombast, claptrap, fustian, grandiloquence, magniloquence, orotundity, turgidity. See plain/fancy, style/good style/bad style, words.

n

Definition: yelling, raving
Antonyms: calm, quiet

v

Definition: yell, rave
Antonyms: be quiet

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A country dance of the jig variety in binary form and duple metre, from the Scottish lowlands and northern England. Surviving examples date from the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - skvaldre op
v. tr. - bande en ned i helvede
n. - højtravende snak, ordskvalder

idioms:

• rant and rave    råbe op

Nederlands (Dutch)
bombast uitslaan, uitvaren, luidkeels verkondigen, druk/ hoogdravend praten, bombast, gezwollen taal

Français (French)
v. intr. - déclamer, parler avec emphase, divaguer
v. tr. - s'écrier (avec violence), s'exclamer (avec emphase)
n. - discours virulent/emphatique

idioms:

• rant and rave    tempêter (contre)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Redeschwall, Schwulst
v. - hochtrabend reden, schreien

idioms:

• rant and rave    wettern

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - στόμφος, πομπώδη λόγια
v. - απαγγέλλω με στόμφο, φωνάζω, κομπορρημονώ, κομπάζω, μιλώ ή ρητορεύω φωναχτά και έντονα

idioms:

• rant and rave    μιλώ ακατάσχετα και οργισμένα

Italiano (Italian)
farneticamento, declamare

idioms:

• rant and rave    fare fuoco e fiamme, fare una sfuriata

Português (Portuguese)
n. - discurso retórico (m)
v. - arengar

idioms:

• rant and rave    falar bobagens

Русский (Russian)
разглагольствования, разглагольствовать, витийствовать, тирада

idioms:

• rant and rave    обличать, поносить

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - vociferar, echar pestes, hablar con rimbombancia, divagar, declamar a gritos, enfurecerse, delirar
v. tr. - vociferar, echar pestes
n. - discurso rimbombante

idioms:

• rant and rave    vociferar de manera incontrolada

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - högtravande tal
v. - orera, deklamera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
怒气冲冲地叫嚷, 大声责骂, 夸夸其谈, 大叫大嚷地说, 咆哮, 激昂的演说

idioms:

• rant and rave    咆哮, 怒气冲冲地说, 大叫大嚷

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 怒氣衝衝地叫嚷, 大聲責罵, 誇誇其談
v. tr. - 大叫大嚷地說
n. - 咆哮, 激昂的演說

idioms:

• rant and rave    咆哮, 怒氣衝衝地說, 大叫大嚷

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 고함치다, 호언장담하다, 야단치다, 폭언하다
v. tr. - 외치다, 고함치다
n. - 장담, 고함소리

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - わめく, 暴言を吐く, 大言壮語する, しかり付ける
n. - 大言壮語, わめき声, 怒号

idioms:

• rant and rave    わめき散らす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) لغه منمقه, مرح صاخب (فعل) يتبجج, يتحدث بطريقه مسرحيه أو بصخب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮דיבר גבוהה-גבוהה, השתמש במליצות ריקות‬
v. tr. - ‮דיבר גבוהה-גבוהה, דקלם‬
n. - ‮דברי-עתק, גיבוב מלים, מסך מלים‬

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