ranting and raving
Loud furious complaining
Ranting and raving describes loud, angry, prolonged complaining or protesting—often implying the person has lost composure or proportion: He spent an hour ranting and raving about the parking ticket.
The phrase is slightly redundant by design, emphasizing excess.
Someone who rants and raves is making a scene rather than a point.
- ireIntense fury
- speechifyingDelivering pompous addresses
- ventingReleasing emotion verbally
- vehementIntensely forceful in feeling
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
letting off steam · flying off the handle · going ballistic · diatribe · tirade · protest · fuming · losing it · losing one's mind · off the deep end · having a fit · throwing a tantrum · fervent · blustering · outrage · frothing · apoplectic · intense
ranting and ravingkeeping one's cool
Staying composed when provoked
measured response · soft-spoken · whispering · measured speech · murmuring
ranting and ravingsilence
Total lack of sound
keeping quiet · saying nothing · biting one's tongue · keeping mum · suffering in silence