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ranty

American  
[rant-ee] / ˈrænt i /

adjective

  1. having the character of a rant, or a long, vehement, or ill-tempered diatribe.

  2. inclined to ill-tempered ranting.

  3. British. excited or boisterous.


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She described her husband as being "quite a ranty person" and that at the time said she had thought it was just talk.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2024

But utter the words Mast, Brooklyn, or even beards to anyone in the chocolate industry—makers, professional tasters, and specialty shop owners—and you’ll get a ranty earful about why he or she would never recommend it.

From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2015

Blogs were an inevitable stage, and a useful one, but often they were narcissistic and ranty and you, the reader, had to sift through.

From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2013

Momentumby Saci Lloyd It could all be insufferably well-meaning and doom-and-gloom, if not downright ranty.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 15, 2011

Reckon she ain't so ranty as she was.

From The Man of the Forest by Zane Grey

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