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There's a lot of vitriolic ranting out there, but there are literally hundreds of critics on the web who care deeply about film and having something to say about it.
Richard Roeper

Meaning of "ranting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RANTING

ranting  [ˈræntɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RANTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ranting is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RANTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Monologue

In theatre, a monologue is presented by a single character, most often to express their mental thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience. Monologues are common across the range of dramatic media, as well as in non-dramatic media such as poetry. Monologues share much in common with several other literary devices including soliloquies, apostrophes, and aside. There are, however, distinctions between each of these devices.

Definition of ranting in the English dictionary

The definition of ranting in the dictionary is an angry or denunciatory speech. Other definition of ranting is act of ranting.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RANTING


accounting
əˈkaʊntɪŋ
anting
ˈæntɪŋ
banting
ˈbæntɪŋ
bunting
ˈbʌntɪŋ
canting
ˈkæntɪŋ
counting
ˈkaʊntɪŋ
daunting
ˈdɔːntɪŋ
disappointing
ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ
enchanting
ɪnˈtʃɑːntɪŋ
haunting
ˈhɔːntɪŋ
hunting
ˈhʌntɪŋ
mounting
ˈmaʊntɪŋ
painting
ˈpeɪntɪŋ
panting
ˈpæntɪŋ
parenting
ˈpɛərəntɪŋ
planting
ˈplɑːntɪŋ
pointing
ˈpɔɪntɪŋ
printing
ˈprɪntɪŋ
tjanting
ˈtʃæntɪŋ
wanting
ˈwɒntɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RANTING

ransacker
ransacking
ranshackle
ransom
ransomable
Ransome
ransomer
ransomless
ransomware
rant
ranter
ranterism
rantingly
rantipole
ranula
ranular
ranunculaceous
ranunculi
ranunculus
ranzelman

WORDS THAT END LIKE RANTING

acting
business accounting
business-accounting
chanting
consenting
cost accounting
dissenting
DNA fingerprinting
eventing
face painting
financial accounting
hinting
house-hunting
merchanting
not counting
offset printing
oil painting
rock painting
screen printing
taunting
unrelenting

Synonyms and antonyms of ranting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RANTING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ranting» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ranting

Translation of «ranting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RANTING

Find out the translation of ranting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ranting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ranting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

咆哮
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ranting
570 millions of speakers

English

ranting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ranting
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صراخ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

разглагольствований
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ranting
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ranting
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rodomontades
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melantun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schimpfen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

わめき散らす
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고함
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ranting
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ranting
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கூச்சலிடும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रॅंटिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ranting
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

declamazioni
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ranting
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

просторікувань
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ranting
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στόμφο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ranting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

påfluget
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ranting
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ranting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RANTING»

The term «ranting» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.554 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RANTING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ranting

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10 QUOTES WITH «RANTING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ranting.
1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Like all music, the figured bass should have no other end and aim than the glory of God and the recreation of the soul; where this is not kept in mind there is no true music, but only an infernal clamour and ranting.
2
Elvis Costello
I don't think I was ever particularly mean. I can certainly think of some idiotic exchanges I've had. I was accused of destroying pop music, like Wagner destroyed opera - a guy in Germany started ranting that at me.
3
Bobby Cox
If I were on the field, I'd want the manager sticking up for me. Sometimes players are dead wrong, ranting and raving, but you stick up for them. They appreciate that.
4
Felix Dennis
Discourse has ended in America. It's all just shouting and ranting and demonization. Do you know how the rest of the world laughs at you guys? Have you got any idea? They're just rocking with laughter night and day.
5
Billy Eichner
A lot of comics aren't their on-screen personas; Chris Rock isn't always ranting and raving. What I do is make myself this over-the-top character that people either find endearing or they think is a joke. Then I can do anything I want.
6
LZ Granderson
As a newspaper reporter, I covered and was around a fair number of crime scenes involving juvenile delinquents, and few things bothered me more than listening to their parents. Crying, ranting, proclaiming how great their children were despite being kicked out of school or previous run-ins with the law.
7
Jonny Greenwood
Jamaican reggae is the style of music I always reach for when ranting to friends about how you could listen to one style of music exclusively for the rest of your life - and it would all be great and varied and worth hearing.
8
Michael O'Donoghue
One of my problems is I am getting so mature that I have to pick up a TV and toss it through the coffee table just to remind people of who I am. I want to go ranting and screaming into the grave.
9
Richard Roeper
There's a lot of vitriolic ranting out there, but there are literally hundreds of critics on the web who care deeply about film and having something to say about it.
10
Michael Showalter
I tend to a lot of improvisational ranting, and that's fun. For me, stand-up has been, performance-wise, a really good outlet.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RANTING»

Discover the use of ranting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ranting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Nation Worth Ranting About
Also reprinted here is the rant encouraging students to vote, which resulted directly in a campus ballot and outrage in Ottawa. (People still are still standing on the left on escalators, and the prime minister is still very much the man he ...
Rick Mercer, 2012
2
Ranting Again
This is good news for all of us who fume at the country's lack of common sense, and seethe at the absurdity of the daily headlines.
Dennis Miller, 2011
3
RANTing OUt The Devil
This book provides an extremely emotive and honest account of Kathleen's view of mental health professionals. She has empowered many patients who have suffered in hospital. She has provided mental health patients with a voice.
Kathleen M Hill, 2011
4
Everything You Need to Know to Survive Teaching
The Ranting Teacher deals with the issues that really bother teachers: controllingbehaviour, wising up to kids' excuses, coping with extra-curricular activities, dealing with parents, as well ascuring hangovers and surviving inspections ...
Ranting Teacher, 2005
5
Fixated Ranting of a Teenage Heart
Representing a passionate chronological snapshot of prose from the author's teenage years this compilation will lead you through a journey of yearning, love, loss and frustration.
Brandon Ogle, 2009
6
Still Ranting: More Rants, Raves and Recollections
He knows where he stands on media conglomerates, national unity and Jean Chretien. In this collection, you will find commentary on big issues of today's turbulent world along with issues society should be more concerned about.
Rafe Mair, 2002
7
The Ranting of a Madman: In Love With Love
After twenty-six years, eleven months, and two weeks dstoner found himself divorced and living the life of a honky-tonk song. "In Love with Love" or "The Ranting of a Madman" is for the reader to decide.
Dstoner, 2005
8
On Pain of Speech: Fantasies of the First Order and the ...
Chapter 1 sets out the role of sublimation and fantasy in Oscar Wilde's political aesthetic, and examines his attempt to put racializing discourses to antiracist purpose in “De Profundis,” a ranting letter written while he was imprisoned for ...
Dina Al-Kassim, 2010
9
The Ranting of a Madman
short poems ol love, passion and romance
R. Lagroue, 2012
10
The Wild Ranting of a Mad Woman
Reading the book will awaken your own internal Fairy Godmother - who can make your wishes come true - but only if you know how to speak to her correctly!Rose Bush is living a blissful existence in Coventry, UK.Publisher's Web site: http: ...
Rose Bush, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RANTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ranting is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Woman: Gunman was 'ranting, raving' days before shooting
Bonnie Barbier spoke with the gunman involved in the Lafayette, Louisiana movie theater shooting in a few days before the incident. She tells CNN's Brooke ... «CNN, Jul 15»
2
Ranting Trump riles rivals but voters just love 'the Don'
Since unveiling his presidential ambitions, the property mogul turned television personality seems to have alienated everyone that matters — except the voters. «The Times, Jul 15»
3
Supreme Court: Ranting on Facebook Not a Crime
The US Supreme Court said Monday that the government cannot base a prosecution for sending an Internet threat solely on how the message was perceived. «NBCNews.com, Jun 15»
4
Rant Van: Ranting about mass transit in metro Detroit
We talked to some residents fed up with the lack of public transit in the Channel 7 Rant Van. You can see the video in the interview player above. Copyright 2015 ... «WXYZ, May 15»
5
Starbucks Employee Fired After Ranting at Customer
A Starbucks employee was fired after a viral cell phone video showed her berating a customer in New York. Ruby Chen said the Starbucks employee accused ... «TIME, May 15»
6
The bigoted, Jew-ranting Oriole whom the media ignores
The media bashed John Rocker (left), but has been mostly silent on Delmon Young. Photo: AP (2). MORE FROM. Phil Mushnick. Phil Mushnick. Colin Cowherd's ... «New York Post, May 15»
7
'Walking Dead' alum Chad Coleman filmed ranting in NYC subway
NEW YORK, May 2 (UPI) -- Chad L. Coleman, an actor who has starred on the iconic drama series The Wire and The Walking Dead, was filmed ranting at ... «UPI.com, May 15»
8
John Fashanu branded 'a ranting woman' by lawyer wife he claims …
Football star John Fashanu has been branded a “ranting woman” by the wife he accused of trying to kill him. Weeks before a divorce court showdown, the ... «mirror.co.uk, May 15»
9
Video shows teacher ranting at student
GEORGIA--Shocking cell phone video of a Creekside High School history teacher yelling at a student has a boy's mother very upset.In the video, teacher Amber ... «MyFox Philadelphia, Apr 15»
10
Chief scientist calls for GM debate
THE general public needs to understand the difference between an expert and a “ranting entertainer”, says Australia's chief scientist. Professor Chubb spoke at ... «The Land Newspaper, Mar 15»

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