Term Gallery logo

Meanings of rant in English

Spanish
altisonancia

Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.

altisonancia
Portuguese
arenga
Catalan
arenga
Spanish
perorata

A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion.

arenga
Portuguese
rugir
Catalan
xerrar
Spanish
charlar

Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner.

rugir

Angry social behavior of people.

Related terms
Usage of rant in English
1
Let me repeat an admonition from my own rant in today's paper.
The Irish Times
2
If things break, there will be a rant immediately following these words.
Wired
3
Eszterhas senior said he and his family were terrified during the rant.
The Guardian
4
The first two times a halting apology gave way to a rant.
The arms maker of berlin
5
Manchester Utd v S Prague: The annual Roy Keane rant arrived yesterday.
The Irish Times
6
Her republican rant had strayed into dangerous territory with that last comment.
The Information Officer
7
Proud homophobe Israel Folau has gone on another anti same-sex marriage rant.
The South African
8
He didn't rant or raise his voice, but he talked from information.
River girl
9
I started the message running again, and listened to the Doctor rant.
From hell with love
10
Feel free to rant away about which films have been outrageously omitted.
The Irish Times
11
Tracey's little rant three months ago was still fresh in my mind.
Made of honor
12
Beck continued the rant: You're spending money that leads only to slavery!
Tears of a clown: glenn beck and the tea bagging of america
13
The crowd was really ripping into Berdych, jeering him throughout his rant.
News.com.au
14
He picked it up and started into a rant about One-Week Job.
The one-week job project: one man, one year, 52 jobs
15
The royal road to a news-boy's heart is to rant in style.
Lights and Shadows of New York Life / or, the Sights and Sensati...
16
Blissfully, her rant at the expense of the Fourth Estate gradually subsided.
The Guardian
About this term
More collocations
Translations for rant
Rant through the time
Rant across language varieties
Australia
Common
South Africa
Common
Ireland
Less common
More variants