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Definitions for: Rant
[n] pompous or pretentious talk or writing
[n] a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
[v] talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
Webster (1913) Definition: Rant, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ranted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ranting.] [OD. ranten, randen, to dote, to be enraged.]
To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language,
without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and
bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher.
Look where my ranting host of the Garter comes! --Shak.
Rant, n.
High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of
thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant
of fanatics.
This is a stoical rant, without any foundation in the
nature of man or reason of things. --Atterbury.
Synonyms: blah, bombast, claptrap, fustian, harangue, jabber, mouth off, rabbit on, ranting, rave, spout
See Also: declamation, grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, mouth, rhetoric, screed, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize
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