ranting
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈræntɪŋ/
- Informal
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despotricación
- His ranting on social media often draws attention, as he passionately expresses his views.
- ranting and raving
- anti-Semitic rantings
So I hope this one says rants about spring.
- So I hope this one says rants about spring.
- It's more flying monkey smear campaign, victimized rants on social media kind of stuff.
- The FBI concluded because they are so wise, that they were the rantings of a madman.
- It was a long, long rant about where we were when that hell we completed.
- Empathy doesn't mean that we surrender to someone and listen to their abusive rants.
- No, in fact when he went on rants he would he would rant against, well certainly Winston Churchill as you can imagine, but also the the British as a people.
- And then I'll probably do a few more of those asides, digressions and rants from the Hegel footage that I have because people seem to like them.
- People have gone out and made angry rants and they've seen how that's devolved into, oh, my audience likes very reactionary angry content.
- This is kind of like what my Facebook rants, but I wanted to to give you an idea of how fluent you have to be.
Examples
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We've heard your ranting before.
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Saturday evening, after the vote, reading a lot of angry ranting and rationalizations.
Blog text (7) -
Atoris stopped his ranting, and the room fell silent.
Fiction book (1991) -
Don't let his ranting mislead you, Jack.
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In fact, she is given to sudden fits of ranting - passionate, wacky speeches about her dislikes.
Academic text (2007) -
During the debate, she delivered a ranting that highlighted her frustration with the current policies.
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The politician's ranting was filled with strong emotions, leaving the audience both inspired and confused.
Synonyms
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5.1
A long loud speech or piece of writing showing anger
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7.7
A long angry speech that criticizes someone or something
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7.7
Loud, wild talk that is angry and hard to understand
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7.2
Loud talk that tries to impress but has little real effect
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8.9
A long angry speech that attacks a person or their ideas
Antonyms
How Complaining
- Informal
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5.5
- Informal
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3.0
- Informal
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3.2
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word ranting comes from the older verb rant, which meant 'to speak loudly and wildly' and is like the common word rave or a 'roar'. So, ranting today means loud, angry speech full of strong feeling rather than calm argument.