ranter
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7.8
- noun
- /ˈræntər/
- Informal
:
quejoso
- As a ranter, she often took to social media to express her strong views on various political issues.
Examples
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The ranter shouted his opinions during the town hall meeting, leaving many people uncomfortable.
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But no man with as much decency as Obama exhibits in both his private and public life deserves the contempt that has been dumped on him by arch-conservative ideologues, talk show ranters, and Internet goons.
Blog text (32) -
He was a born ranter.
Fiction book (1998) -
I am worried about the unscientific types and the religious ranters among them.
Blog text (28) -
I'll be so happy to come back next week when (presumably and hopefully) all the political ranters will have gone back to where they came from and we can discuss movies here again.
Blog text (12) -
The two parties are making a mockery of governing while firing up their respective Jacksonian ranters.
Blog text (15) -
One worthwhile thing this thread has done, though... it's flushed out a few ranters and bee-in-the-bonnetters.
Blog text (12) -
That kind of rhetoric never reaches me except through the baseless assertions of crazed ranters like you, KP.
Blog text (25) -
The ranter's passionate speech about environmental issues captured the audience's attention.
Synonyms
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4.3
A person who complains a lot about small things in an annoying way
11
2.8
A person who often says they are unhappy about things
2
9.9
An old word for a person, often a woman, who always complains and finds fault
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5.5
A person who complains a lot about small things
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5.3
A person who often complains about small things
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8.4
A person who complains a lot about small things
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6.5
A person who often complains about small, unimportant things
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9.1
A person who often complains in an annoying way
A person who gives loud, angry speeches to a crowd
A person who shouts in a violent or angry way when talking
A person who shouts about a cause to get people to agree
A person who shouts loudly to protest or attract attention
A person who says things in a direct, often rude way and does not listen
A person who makes loud demands in protest
A person who often says they are unhappy and finds fault with many small things
A person who complains a lot, often about small things
A person who keeps complaining or criticizing in an annoying way
How Angry
- Literature
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8.5
- Informal
1
7.8
563
3.0
11
2.8
1
5.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ranter comes from the verb rant plus -er, a common ending meaning 'one who does something'. A helpful way to remember rant is to think of it as 'to roar' or 'to shout angrily'. So a ranter is someone who complains or speaks loudly and angrily for a long time.