Noun: rant rant
- A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
"His rant about government conspiracies alienated many listeners";
- harangue, ranting
- Pompous or pretentious talk or writing
"His editorial was dismissed as an angry rant";
- bombast, fustian, claptrap, blah
- Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
"The teenager ranted to the teacher";
- mouth off [informal], jabber, spout, rabbit on [informal], rave
Derived forms: ranting, rants, ranted
Type of: declamation, grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, mouth, ornateness, rhetoric, speak, talk, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize
Encyclopedia: Rant, Thomas