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- [rant]
- /rænt/
- /rænt/
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- [rant]
- /rænt/
Definitions of rant word
- verb without object rant to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: The demagogue ranted for hours. 1
- verb with object rant to utter or declaim in a ranting manner. 1
- noun rant ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation. 1
- noun rant a ranting utterance. 1
- noun rant extended angry talk 1
- intransitive verb rant talk extendedly in anger 1
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Origin of rant
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600, rant is from the Dutch word ranten (obsolete) to talk foolishly
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Parts of speech for Rant
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rant popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rant usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rant
verb rant
- anger — Anger is the strong emotion that you feel when you think that someone has behaved in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way.
- apostrophize — to address an apostrophe to
- babble — If someone babbles, they talk in a confused or excited way.
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- bloviate — to talk at length, esp in an insubstantial but inflated manner
noun rant
- bombast — Bombast is trying to impress people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
- bravado — Bravado is an appearance of courage or confidence that someone shows in order to impress other people.
- grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- altiloquence — Pompous language; lofty speech.
- diatribe — A diatribe is an angry speech or article which is extremely critical of someone's ideas or activities.
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