RANT, RANTING
ADJECTIVES
► FIRE-AND-BRIMSTONE zealous, impassioned, ranting → 1670
► MOUTHY of a person: characterized by ranting, railing, etc. → 1589
► RAILING ranting, abusive, complaining → 1526
► RAILIPOTENT given to ranting or invective → 1593 obs., disparaging usage
► RANTY inclined to rant → 1783
► RODOMONTADE bragging, boastful, ranting → M18
► RODOMONTADO bragging, boastful, ranting → M17 obs.
► TEAR-CAT swaggering, ranting, bombastic → 1606
► TEARING ranting, roistering → 1654 colloq.
NOUNS
► FLAMAGE vitriolic argument or ranting, especially via email or in postings to a newsgroup → 1983 computing sl.
► FUSTIAN pompous or pretentious speech or writing; inflated, turgid, or inappropriately lofty language; bombast, rant → a1593
► RAILING a rant, a taunt → 1526
► RANDING a raving, a ranting → 1609 obs.
► SCREED a rant, a tirade → 1748
► SPROOK ► SPRUIK a rant → 1902 Aust. & NZ sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► PRATER a ranter, a preacher, a chatterer → 1500
► RAILER a person who rants or who is argumentative or abusive → 1513
► TEARER a person who tears or rushes along or about; a blustering or violent person; a ranter, roisterer, swaggerer, thug, or bully → 1633
► TUB-THUMPER a violent or declamatory orator; a ranter → 1662
VERBS
► DELITIGATE to rant, to rail against; to scold or chide vehemently → 1623
► DINGER to rant and rave; to lose one’s temper → 1950 Sc.
► ELATRATE to bluster, to rant, to roar; to speak loudly or violently → 1623 obs.
► FAUNCH to rant, to rave, to rage; to make an outcry against → 1911 Amer. dial.
► FLAME to rant or argue in an unacceptable manner; later especially to insult a specific individual, via a communications network, as the Internet → 1949 sl.
► OUTRANT to surpass in ranting → 1651
► POP OFF to rant; to criticize; to brag → Amer. World War I sl.
► RAIL to rant, to complain persistently → 1475
► RAND to rave, to rant and roar like bacchanals → 1601 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► RODOMONTADE to boast; to brag; to rant → 1681
► TEAR to rant and bluster as a roisterer → 1602 obs.
► TEAR A CAT ► TEAR THE CAT to rant and bluster → 1600 obs.
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