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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

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.



Ranters, name given to the adherents of an antinomian movement in England about the time of the Commonwealth and Protectorate (1649-59). Its principal teaching was pantheistic, that God is present in nature. The Ranters appealed to the inner experience of Jesus and denied the authority of Scripture. They were accused of fostering immorality and were legislated against by Parliament and vigorously suppressed. They were often confused with the Quakers. In the 19th cent. the Primitive Methodists were sometimes called Ranters.


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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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