ranted Definition

rant
verb ranted, ranting

intr
1. To talk in a loud, angry, pompous way.

Thesaurus: rave, fume, bellow, bluster, holler, clamour, rail, vociferate, let off steam (slang).
tr & intr
2. To declaim in a loud, pompous, self-important way.

noun

1. Loud, pompous, empty speech.

Thesaurus: rhetoric, bombast, bluster, fustian, balderdash, nonsense, cant, rubbish.
2. An angry tirade.

Thesaurus: harangue, tirade, storm.

Derivative: ranter
noun

Someone, especially a preacher, who rants.

Derivative: ranting
noun, adj

Derivative: rantingly
adverb

Etymology: 16c: from Dutch ranten to rave.