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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Jane Alison
june 17, Literary Hub, 17 June 2025
In a video shared on social media, Brown ranted about the controversial couple.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 16 June 2025
Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
When Triston Casas went down, he was reportedly asked by Craig Breslow to play first base, which upset him and led to a rant in the media.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
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Verb
Wisps of images, smells, and sounds of home and her parents give way to a lengthy recounting of her mother, Lil, dying, a-bed and ranting.
—Jane Alison
june 17, Literary Hub, 17 June 2025
In a video shared on social media, Brown ranted about the controversial couple.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 16 June 2025
Noun
Case in point, Bill Maher’s recent unfunny rant about Cassie Ventura, the woman at the center of the Diddy allegations.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
When Triston Casas went down, he was reportedly asked by Craig Breslow to play first base, which upset him and led to a rant in the media.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
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“Rant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rant. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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: loud and wild speech
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