to rant and rave
9
6.9
- phrasal verb
- /rænt ənd reɪv/
- Informal
:
gritar y quejarse
- After losing the game, he stood in the locker room ranting and raving about the referee's decisions.
- wants to rant and rave
- let him rant and rave
- listen to her rant and rave
Examples
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Delacroix continues to rant and rave.
Fiction book (2000) -
He was ranting and raving, and I thought he was gonna kill me.
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Trump is there ranting and raving for more than an hour.
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Good for you for not listening to her rant and rave on the phone.
Blog text (30) -
Why was he allowed to rant and rave for so long?
Blog text (10) -
All he can do is rant and rave and wait to see if we respond to him.
Fiction book (1999) -
Do they yell and rant and rave and they get angry at their friends and their loved ones because this thing happened?
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If he wants to rant and rave about the hospital's reputation, he can tell it to my answering machine.
Fiction book (2001) -
He would rant and rave if I didn't give him what he wanted.
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Doesn't he rant and rave enough with his cronies?
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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1.0
To shout loudly because you feel strong pain, anger or excitement
379
1.4
Shout in an angry voice at someone
211
2.8
To complain in a high, annoying voice
70
4.8
To speak loudly and angrily for a long time
51
6.1
To shout loudly to demand something, often with other people
18
4.4
To show sudden strong anger or upset, often like a child
14
9.0
Talk loudly for a long time while complaining
9
7.0
To say your opinion or complain loudly and openly
9
8.2
Shout very loudly to show pain, anger or strong protest
8
9.6
To complain a lot in an annoying way
4
4.6
Show strong anger or upset feelings by talking loudly
4
9.9
To complain a lot about small things and annoy others
1
9.0
To speak or write very angrily against something to show strong criticism
1
9.9
Shout loudly with strong feeling, often to protest
1
7.5
To speak angrily and strongly to criticize someone
1
9.9
To suddenly get very angry and speak loudly for a long time
Shout very loudly and with strong feeling, for example in excitement or anger
Make a loud, rough sound like a shout to show anger or complaint
Antonyms
How Angry
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward coordination of two verbs with very similar meanings: 'rant' (to complain loudly) and 'rave' (to speak wildly or angrily). Because the MWE simply amplifies the same idea through an additive pairing and follows a common coordination pattern, a B1 learner who knows both constituents can derive the meaning.
Etymology
The idiom rant and rave joins two strong words, rant and rave, which both paint the image of a person shouting, waving their arms, and speaking wildly. So the phrase means 'to shout or complain loudly and angrily'.