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rantnoun a long angry speech or scoldingafter complaining about the hotel's lousy service, the woman went off on another rant about the condition of her room diatribe, harangue, jeremiad, philippic, tirade assault, attack, broadside, invective, lambasting, lashing, tongue-lashing, vituperationberating, chewing out, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproofabuse, castigation, censure, condemnation, criticism, denunciationbelittlement, deprecation, depreciation, disparagement, dissingexcoriation, execration, revilementadmonishment, admonition, lecture, sermon encomium, eulogy, panegyric, rhapsody, tributeacclaim, acclamation, accolade, citation, homage, honor, praiseapproval, blessing, commendation, endorsement(also indorsement), sanctionovation, plaudit, rave boastful speech or writinginstead of addressing the current crisis, the mayor's speech was a lot of rant emphasizing his accomplishments bluster, bombast, brag, braggadocio, bull(slang), cockalorum, fanfaronade, gas, gasconade, grandiloquence, hot air, magniloquence, rodomontade(also rhodomontade) oratory, rhapsody, rhetoricpomposity, turgidity, windbloviation, verbosity, windinessbabble, blab, chatter, drivel, gabble, gibber, gibberish, jabber, prattlejawing, patter, prating, yammeringegotism, self-conceit, self-importance, swagger, vaunt rantverbto talk loudly and wildlywhen the waiter gave him incorrect change, he began ranting about the restaurant's poor service bluster, fulminate, huff, rave, spout sound off, speak out, speak upblare, blurt (out), boltbloviate, blow, declaim, harangue, mouth (off), orate, pontificatecarry on, rage, storm, take on grunt, murmur, mutter, slurbreathe, whisper in 1601 |