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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Laney Crawley, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
No need to rant and rave at the AI about its code generation.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Since then, Bright Eyes were able to hit the road again for an expansive tour, which turned out to be a successful run filled with hearty sing-alongs and Oberst’s signature onstage rants in support of fundamental human rights for trans people and immigrants.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
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Verb
TikTok user @shotmyheartwithnovacaine posted a video in July ranting about how people dress when going to concerts to her 137K followers.
—Laney Crawley, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
No need to rant and rave at the AI about its code generation.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
After the Lynx suffered an 84-76 loss to the Mercury, Reeve went on a lengthy rant in the postgame press conference.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Since then, Bright Eyes were able to hit the road again for an expansive tour, which turned out to be a successful run filled with hearty sing-alongs and Oberst’s signature onstage rants in support of fundamental human rights for trans people and immigrants.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Rant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rant. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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: loud and wild speech
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