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ranter Definition


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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.



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