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Synonyms for ranting


Grammar : Adj
Spell : rant
Phonetic Transcription : rænt



Définition of ranting

Origin :
  • c.1600, "to be jovial and boisterous," also "to talk bombastically," from Dutch randten (earlier ranten) "talk foolishly, rave," of unknown origin (cf. German rantzen "to frolic, spring about"). Related: Ranted; ranting. Ranters "antinomian sect which arose in England c.1645" is attested from 1651; applied 1823 to early Methodists. A 1700 slang dictionary has rantipole "a rude wild Boy or Girl" (also as a verb and adjective); to ride rantipole meant "The woman uppermost in the amorous congress" [Grose].
  • adj raging
Example sentences :
  • Dinna fill his head wi' ranting thoughts of dogs and horses.
  • Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever
  • Yes, the Swami was ranting and raving about leaving Los Angeles at once.
  • Extract from : « Sense from Thought Divide » by Mark Irvin Clifton
  • Please forgive me for ranting like a schoolmaster, and please don't cry like that.
  • Extract from : « To Love » by Margaret Peterson
  • And why should not Ranting Rob tache the boy Latin and vartue?
  • Extract from : « Paul Clifford, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Avoid shouting, ranting, and "tearing a passion to tatters."
  • Extract from : « Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience » by Grenville Kleiser
  • I have no patience with this ranting about the equality of the sexes.
  • Extract from : « The Bishop's Apron » by W. Somerset Maugham
  • I got him away from the gang he was ranting to and had a little talk with him.
  • Extract from : « Baseball Joe in the World Series » by Lester Chadwick
  • He laughed a dry laugh at his ranting words, and then sobered instantly.
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson at Truk » by Robert Sydney Bowen
  • When they were all ranting and raving at me just now I wished he was there—I told them so.
  • Extract from : « The Reverberator » by Henry James
  • A spirit as wild, as reckless, as ranting, as defiant as ever devil indulged in!
  • Extract from : « Temporal Power » by Marie Corelli

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