rant

Meaning

Verb

1. To speak or shout at length in uncontrollable anger.
2. To disseminate one's own opinions in a—typically—one-sided, strong manner.
3. To criticize by ranting.
4. To speak extravagantly, as in merriment.
5. To dance rant steps.

Noun

1. A criticism done by ranting.
2. A wild, emotional, and sometimes incoherent articulation.
3. A type of dance step usually performed in clogs, and particularly (but not exclusively) associated with the English North West Morris tradition. The rant step consists of alternately bringing one foot across and in front of the other and striking the ground, with the other foot making a little hop.

Synonyms

rave

harangue

jabber

bombast

fustian

spout

mouth off

claptrap

fulminate

bluster

swagger

blah

boast

rabbit on

tirade

diatribe

rail

ranting

preach

rage

😡

ramp

rampage

rodomontade

roil

speechify

spume

suds

talk big

thunder

🌩️

preachify

turgidity

turgidness

vaunt

whine

whinge

yak

yawp

argufy

blare out

blat out

hold forth

tumidness

blare

blast

brag

chatter

complain

complaint

cuss

foam

froth

grandiloquence

gripe

hallucinate

kvetch

lather

magniloquence

orate

pomposity

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹænt/

Etymology

From Dutch ranten, randen (“to talk nonsense, rave”), from Middle Dutch ranten (“to rant, babble, goof around”), of uncertain origin; but apparently related to Middle High German ranzen (“to dance, jump around, frolic”), German ranzen (“to be ardent, be in heat, copulate, mate, ramble, join up”).