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  Rant \Rant\ (r[a^]nt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ranted; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Ranting.] [OD. ranten, randen, to dote, to be
     enraged.]
     To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language,
     without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and
     bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher.
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           Look where my ranting host of the Garter comes! --Shak.
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  ranting
      n 1: a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
           [syn: harangue, rant, ranting]

  92 Moby Thesaurus words for "ranting":
     Dionysiac, abandoned, afebrile delirium, amok, babbling, bacchic,
     bellowing, berserk, blustering, blusterous, blustery, boisterous,
     brainstorm, bullying, carried away, corybantic, delirious,
     deliriousness, delirium, demoniac, desperate, distracted, dizzy,
     ecstatic, enraged, enraptured, feral, ferocious, fierce,
     fighting mad, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, fulminating, fuming,
     furious, giddy, haggard, hectoring, hog-wild, hopping mad, howling,
     hysterical, in a rage, in a transport, in hysterics, incoherence,
     incoherent, infuriate, infuriated, intoxicated, lightheaded,
     like one possessed, lingual delirium, mad, madding, maenadic,
     maniac, maniacal, noisy, off, orgasmic, orgiastic, possessed,
     rabid, raging, rambling, ramping, raving, raving mad, ravished,
     roaring, roaring mad, roistering, roisterous, rollicking,
     running mad, running wild, savage, stark-raving mad, storming,
     swaggering, swashbuckling, swashing, transported, tumultuous,
     uncontrollable, violent, wandering, wild, wild-eyed,
     wild-looking