- rant and rave
- If you rant and rave about something, you protest noisily and forcefully.
The old man ranted and raved about the new waste collection system, but he had to accept it.
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rant and rave
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rant and rave — phrase to shout and complain angrily about something Thesaurus: to complainsynonym to shout and to talk loudlysynonym to say something, or to speak to someone in an angry waysynonym Main entry: rant * * * shout and compla … Useful english dictionary
rant and rave — yell and cry out, preach and complain The old man was ranting and raving about his lost goats … English idioms
rant and rave — to shout and complain angrily about something … English dictionary
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rave — [[t]re͟ɪv[/t]] raves, raving, raved 1) VERB If someone raves, they talk in an excited and uncontrolled way. She cried and raved for weeks, and people did not know what to do... [V with quote] What is wrong with you, acting like that, she raved,… … English dictionary
rave — 1 verb (I) 1 to talk in an angry, uncontrolled way (+ at): Dad raved at me for hours about how irresponsible I d been. 2 to talk in a crazy way that is impossible to understand, especially because you are very ill 3 rave about/over to talk in a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
rave — Synonyms and related words: abuse, acclaim, accolade, admiration, applaud, assault, attack, babble, barbarize, bark at, bash, batter, be angry, be enthusiastic, be excitable, be insane, be livid, be pissed, bellow, berate, betongue, blacken,… … Moby Thesaurus
rant — v. 1)(D; intr.) to rant at 2) (misc.) to rant and rave * * * [rænt] (D;intr.) to rantat (misc.) to rant and rave … Combinatory dictionary
rave — 1. verb 1) he was raving about the fires of hell Syn: talk wildly, babble, jabber, talk incoherently 2) I raved and swore at them Syn: rant, rant and rave, rage, lose one s temper, storm, fulminate, fume … Thesaurus of popular words
rant — I UK [rænt] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms rant : present tense I/you/we/they rant he/she/it rants present participle ranting past tense ranted past participle ranted to complain or talk loudly and angrily for a long time, sometimes saying… … English dictionary
