ranting
Going off verbally
Ranting is speaking or writing at length in an angry, impassioned, or vehement way.
The word usually implies someone has gone on too long or too intensely: He went on a rant about parking tickets.
A rant may be justified outrage or tedious complaint—context determines which.
She was ranting about the new policy for twenty minutes.
Aggressive lengthy scolding
- diatribeBitter, prolonged verbal attack
- outburstSudden emotional release
- fulminationFierce verbal denunciation
- philippicBitter accusatory speech
jeremiad · polemic · invective · denunciation · lambasting · vituperation · castigation · excoriation
Intense, violent anger
- furyIntense violent anger
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- outrageFierce moral indignation
- seethingIntensely, quietly enraged
venting · fuming · livid · incensed · infuriated · explosive · temper · indignation
Long-winded and unfocused
- babblingIncoherent or infantile speech
- ravingSpeaking wildly, incoherently
- blatheringTalking foolishly at length
- incoherentLacking logical connection
unhinged · wild-eyed · frothing · delirious · manic · stream-of-consciousness · disjointed · breathless
Excessively wordy, tediously so
- wordyUsing more language than necessary
- going onIn the process
- endlessWithout termination or boundary
- relentlessContinuing without pause
droning · bombastic · grandiloquent · bloviating · pontificating · holding forth · speechifying · monologue
harangue
Aggressive lengthy scolding
- diatribeBitter, prolonged verbal attack
- outburstSudden emotional release
- fulminationFierce verbal denunciation
philippic · jeremiad · polemic · invective · denunciation · lambasting · vituperation · castigation · excoriation · berating
rage
Intense, violent anger
seething · venting · fuming · livid · incensed · infuriated · explosive · temper · indignation · apoplectic
rambling
Long-winded and unfocused
- babblingIncoherent or infantile speech
- ravingSpeaking wildly, incoherently
- blatheringTalking foolishly at length
incoherent · unhinged · wild-eyed · frothing · delirious · manic · stream-of-consciousness · disjointed · breathless · sputtering
long-winded
Excessively wordy, tediously so
relentless · droning · bombastic · grandiloquent · bloviating · pontificating · holding forth · speechifying · monologue · soapbox
griping
Voicing persistent complaints
- whiningProlonged nasal complaining
- grumblingMuttering in discontent
- moaningProlonged sound of distress
venting · grievance · bellyaching · bemoaning · carping · kvetching · grousing · fussing · protesting · objecting
- theatricstheatrics, dramatics, melodrama, histrionics, theatricality
- talkativenesstalkativeness, verbosity, wordiness, garrulity, loquacity
- conversationlistening, talk, talking, chat, speaking
- behaviorshabit, aggressive, agitation, conduct, passive
- emotional expressiontone, laughing, mood, yelling, crying
- emotional releasecry, venting, crying, sob, sobbing
rantingcalm
Free from agitation
composed · serene · dispassionate · sedate · tranquil
rantingreasoned
Derived through careful thought
measured · articulate · coherent · logical · levelheaded
rantingsilent
Producing no sound
quiet · whispering · reticent · taciturn · soft-spoken
- ranting and ravingAngry, prolonged verbal outburst