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- [rant]
- /rænt/
- /rænt/
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- [rant]
- /rænt/
Definitions of ranting word
- verb without object ranting to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: The demagogue ranted for hours. 1
- verb with object ranting to utter or declaim in a ranting manner. 1
- noun ranting ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation. 1
- noun ranting a ranting utterance. 1
- adjective ranting complaining angrily 1
- noun ranting angry complaints 1
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Origin of ranting
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 Ranting
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ranting 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.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
ranting usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ranting
noun ranting
- babble — If someone babbles, they talk in a confused or excited way.
- banana — Bananas are long curved fruit with yellow skins.
- bunkum — If you say that something that has been said or written is bunkum, you mean that you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
- declamation — a rhetorical or emotional speech, made esp in order to protest or condemn; tirade
- jabberwocky — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
adj ranting
- bigmouthed — having a very large mouth.
- bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- fustian — a stout fabric of cotton and flax.
adjective ranting
- euphuistic — Of or pertaining to euphuism.
- longwinded — Alternative spelling of long-winded.
- overestimated — Simple past tense and past participle of overestimate.
Top questions with ranting
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