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Rant

To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher.

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Declamation 76% connected

The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise…

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Grandiloquence 76% connected

The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense.

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Grandiosity 76% connected

The state or quality of being grandiose,

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Magniloquence 76% connected

The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence.

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Mouth 76% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

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Ornateness 76% connected

The quality of being ornate.

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Rhetoric 76% connected

The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose.

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Speak 76% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Verbalize 76% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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Screed 76% connected

A strip of plaster of the thickness proposed for the coat, applied to the wall at intervals of four or five feet, as a guide.

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Gabble 74% connected

To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber.

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Gabble 74% connected

To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber.

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Spout 74% connected

To throw out forcibly and abudantly, as liquids through an office or a pipe; to eject in a jet; as, an elephant spouts water from his trunk.

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Spout 74% connected

To throw out forcibly and abudantly, as liquids through an office or a pipe; to eject in a jet; as, an elephant spouts water from his trunk.

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Synonym 8

Bombast 92% connected

Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.

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Claptrap 92% connected

A contrivance for clapping in theaters.

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Fustian 92% connected

A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.

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Harangue 92% connected

A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation;…

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Jabber 92% connected

To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense; to chatter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ranting 92% connected

of Rant

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Rave 92% connected

imp. of Rive.

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Spout 92% connected

To throw out forcibly and abudantly, as liquids through an office or a pipe; to eject in a jet; as, an elephant spouts water from his trunk.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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