rant as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
rant
noun
1 rant
A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion.
synonyms: harangue, ranting.
Roget 549:
exaggeration;
expansion
etc.
194;
hyperbole,
stretch,
strain,
coloring;
high coloring,
caricature,
caricatura†;
extravagance
etc.
(nonsense)
497;
Baron Munchausen;
men in buckram,
yarn,
fringe,
embroidery,
traveler's tale;
fish story,
gooseberry [Slang].
storm in a teacup;
much ado about nothing
etc.
(overestimation)
482;
puff,
puffery
etc.
(boasting)
884;
rant
etc.
(turgescence)
577†.
figure of speech,
facon de parler [Fr.];
stretch of fancy,
stretch of the imagination;
flight of fancy
etc.
(imagination)
515.
false coloring
etc.
(falsehood)
544;
aggravation
etc.
835.
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Dutch: preek, uitvaren tegen, uitschelden, hekelen, donderpreek
2 rant
Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
synonyms: blah, bombast, claptrap, fustian.
Roget 517:
meaninglessness,
unmeaningness
etc.
adj.†;
scrabble.
empty sound,
dead letter,
vox et praeterea nihil [Lat.];
a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing;"
sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal. "
nonsense,
utter nonsense,
gibberish;
jargon,
jabber,
mere words,
hocus-pocus,
fustian,
rant,
bombast,
balderdash,
palaver,
flummery,
verbiage,
babble,
baverdage,
baragouin†,
platitude,
niaiserie†;
inanity;
flap-doodle;
rigmarole,
rodomontade;
truism;
nugae canorae [Lat.];
twaddle,
twattle,
fudge,
trash,
garbage,
humbug;
poppy-cock [U.S.];
stuff,
stuff and nonsense;
bosh,
rubbish,
moonshine,
wish-wash,
fiddle-faddle;
absurdity
etc.
497;
vagueness
etc.
(unintelligibility)
519.
[routine or reflexive statements without substantive thought, esp. legal]
boilerplate,
clich??.
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Roget 577:
ornament;
floridness c†.
adj..
turgidity,
turgescence†;
altiloquence
etc.
adj.†;
declamation,
teratology†;
well-rounded periods;
elegance
etc.
578;
orotundity.
inversion,
antithesis,
alliteration,
paronomasia;
figurativeness
etc.
(metaphor)
521.
flourish;
flowers of speech,
flowers of rhetoric;
frills of style,
euphuism†,
euphemism.
big-sounding words,
high-sounding words;
macrology†,
sesquipedalia verba [Lat.],
Alexandrine;
inflation,
pretension;
rant,
bombast,
fustian,
prose run mad;
fine writing;
sesquipedality†;
Minerva press.
phrasemonger;
euphuist†,
euphemist.
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Dutch: Holle frasen, Bombast, bombast, gezwollenheid, lyrisme, pathos, retoriek
Polish: drętwa gadka, wielosłowie, woda, słowolejstwo, deklaratywność, gołosłowność, drętwa mowa, werbalizm, bicie piany, wodolejstwo, deklaratywizm, pustosłowie, gołosłowie ... show more
verb
1 rant
Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner.
synonyms: jabber, mouth off, rabbit on, rave, spout.
Roget 825:
be impatient
etc.
adj.;
not be able to bear
etc.
826;
bear ill,
wince,
chafe,
champ a bit;
be in a stew
etc.
n.;
be out of all patience,
fidget,
fuss,
not have a wink of sleep;
toss on one's pillow.
lose one's temper
etc.
900;
break out,
burst out,
fly out;
go off,
fly off,
fly off at a tangent,
fly off the handle,
lose one's cool [Coll.];
explode,
flare up,
flame up,
fire up,
burst into a flame,
take fire,
fire,
burn;
boil,
boil over;
foam,
fume,
rage,
rave,
rant,
tear;
go wild,
run wild,
run mad,
go into hysterics;
run riot,
run amuck;
battre la campagne [Fr.],
faire le diable a quatre [Fr.],
play the deuce.
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Roget 573:
be diffuse
etc.
adj.;
run out on,
descant,
expatiate,
enlarge,
dilate,
amplify,
expand,
inflate;
launch out,
branch out;
rant.
maunder,
prose;
harp upon
etc.
(repeat)
104;
dwell on,
insist upon.
digress,
ramble,
battre la campagne [Fr.],
beat about the bush,
perorate,
spin a long yarn,
protract;
spin out,
swell out,
draw out;
battologize†.
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Roget 582:
speak of;
say,
utter,
pronounce,
deliver,
give utterance to;
utter forth,
pour forth;
breathe,
let fall,
come out with;
rap out,
blurt out have on one's lips;
have at the end of one's tongue,
have at the tip of one's tongue.
break silence;
open one's lips,
open one's mouth;
lift one's voice,
raise one's voice;
give the tongue,
wag the tongue;
talk,
outspeak†;
put in a word or two,
hold forth;
make a speech,
deliver a speech
etc.
n.;
speechify,
harangue,
declaim,
stump,
flourish,
recite,
lecture,
sermonize,
discourse,
be on one's legs;
have one's say,
say one's say;
spout,
rant,
rave,
vent one's fury,
vent one's rage;
expatiate
etc.
(speak at length)
573;
speak one's mind,
go on the stump,
take the stump [U.S.].
soliloquize
etc.
589;
tell
etc.
(inform)
527;
speak to
etc.
586;
talk together
etc.
588.
be eloquent
etc.
adj.;
have a tongue in one's head,
have the gift of the gab
etc.
n..
pass one's lips,
escape one's lips;
fall from the lips,
fall from the mouth.
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Roget 599:
act,
play,
perform;
put on the stage;
personate
etc.
554;
mimic
etc.
(imitate)
19;
enact;
play a part,
act a part,
go through a part,
perform a part;
rehearse,
spout,
gag,
rant;
strut and fret one's hour upon a stage;"
tread the boards,
tread the stage;
come out;
star it.
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