ranted; ranting; rants
1
intransitive
: to complain loudly, angrily, or unreasonably
… films and books ranting against corporations and the gun lobby …—
Joel Stein
Joel Stein"You can rant and rave all you want," she said, "but it's not going to change things."
2
transitive + intransitive
: to talk or recite in a noisy, excited, or bombastic manner
… barkers ranting at the crowds …—Gerald Shapiro
Gerald Shapiro… the actor who rants Shakespeare …—H. E. Clurman
H. E. Clurman
ranter
noun
1
a(1)
: a long, angry speech or piece of writing : tirade
went on a rant about the price of gas
… in Walden's transcendental rants I found all my angsty teenage convictions gloriously and authoritatively ratified.—M. Allen Cunningham
M. Allen Cunningham
(2)
: a bombastic extravagant speech
… two other boys … happened on a street orator; tiring of the rant, one boy pushed the speaker's hat off with a stick …—Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
b
: bombastic extravagant language
The speeches were full of rant, cant, and vanity …—Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin2
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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Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025
The president began by ranting about CNN contributor April Ryan, who was, at the time, a White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
Memes and red meat rants do nothing.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
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Verb
This guy is, apparently, in a room ranting about everything else.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025
The president began by ranting about CNN contributor April Ryan, who was, at the time, a White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
Noun
Garza recorded the expletive-laden rant and claimed that Bally made racist comments and allegedly admitted to using drugs at work.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
Memes and red meat rants do nothing.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Rant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rant. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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: loud and wild speech
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