ranted; ranting; rants
: to utter in a bombastic declamatory fashion
ranter
noun
1
a
: a bombastic extravagant speech
b
: bombastic extravagant language
2
dialectal British
: a rousing good time
Examples of rant in a Sentence
Verb
“You can rant and rave all you want,” she said, “but it's not going to change things.”
He ranted that they were out to get him.
Noun
after complaining about the hotel's lousy service, the woman went off on another rant about the condition of her room
instead of addressing the current crisis, the mayor's speech was a lot of rant emphasizing his accomplishments
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Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2025
Police extracted dozens of audio clips from the device, most of Smith ranting about government conspiracies and rapping to the beat in his head.
—Air Mail, 19 Apr. 2025
Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 May 2025
His strangled, squalling voice can make a rant about toasters sound like a cry for help.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
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Verb
Kanye ranted, collapsed, rebounded—chaotically, but consistently.
—Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2025
Police extracted dozens of audio clips from the device, most of Smith ranting about government conspiracies and rapping to the beat in his head.
—Air Mail, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
Following a similar antisemitic rant in 2022, which raised concerns for West’s mental wellbeing, the artist released an apology in Hebrew the next year.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 May 2025
His strangled, squalling voice can make a rant about toasters sound like a cry for help.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
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“Rant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rant. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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: loud and wild speech
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