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
Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 17 June 2025
Gibson faced intense scrutiny and public outrage in the wake of his 2006 arrest for drunk driving and a subsequent antisemitic rant.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 16 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
However, Isaacs isn’t standing by Gibson’s actions, especially his infamous antisemitic rant in 2006 when being arrested for a DUI.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 17 June 2025
Gibson faced intense scrutiny and public outrage in the wake of his 2006 arrest for drunk driving and a subsequent antisemitic rant.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 16 June 2025
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“Rant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rant. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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: loud and wild speech
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