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ranting

ranting noun: a long, angry, and impassioned speech. Also the present participle and gerund of rant.

Noun

ranting (countable and uncountable, plural rantings)

  1. (countable) A long, angry, and impassioned speech.
  2. (uncountable) The act or process of delivering a rant.

Also used as

ranting is also the present participle and gerund of rant.

Forms of ranting

Adjective
comparativemore ranting
superlativemost ranting
Noun
pluralrantings

Origin of ranting

From rant + -ing.

Words formed from ranting

Phrases with ranting

Questions about ranting

What does ranting mean?
Ranting means a long, angry, and impassioned speech.
What part of speech is ranting?
Ranting is a noun.
What is the plural of ranting?
The plural of ranting is rantings.

Words near ranting in the dictionary

  1. rantful
  2. Ranthambore
  3. Rantian
  4. rantier
  5. rantiest
  6. ranting
  7. ranting and raving
  8. rantingly
  9. rantings
  10. rantipole
  11. rantipoled

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