DarkRay Actually
Cry
/krī/
verb
gerund or present participle: crying
2.
shout or scream, typically to express fear, pain, anger, or grief.
Similar:
whine
say something loudly in an excited or anguished tone of voice.
And your definition of rant includes
DarkRay speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned way.
So yes, rant can be used as a synonym for cry. Just making this clear.
DarkRay So you are ignoring the definition of cry as "shouting to express fear, pain, anger or grief" and the definition of rant as "shouting in an angry, impassioned way" because the dictionary didn't think to include it in Similar?
Like, seriously?
By the way, I see "shout, yell, roar, bellow" as Similar for rant. And guess what?
Cry
/krī/
verb
gerund or present participle: crying
2.
shout or scream, typically to express fear, pain, anger, or grief.
Similar:
shout
yell
shriek
scream
bellow
roar
holler
Funny that both cry and rant can be synonyms for "shout", "yell", "roar", "bellow", etc., but they cannot be synonyms for each other? I'm sorry, but are you...dense or just really, really inflexible?
Tomoyuki No, what I'm ignoring is your cherry-picking. Which you are obviously doing. You are simply highlighting certain words from an explanation. This:
Tomoyuki shout or scream, typically to express fear, pain, anger, or grief.
Is not the same as this:
Tomoyuki speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned way.
Read the sentence, not th words that fit your argument. I also showed you a list of synonyms, and I can do the same for the word cry. I mean, a blind person would be able to see that. But my guess is, you will not agree, and continue down the path of self righteousness. Your choice in the end.
DarkRay Let me get this straight. You agree that rant is a synonym for shout, yell, bellow and roar, right?
Cry is also a synonym for shout, yell, bellow and roar, right?
But for some reason they are not synonyms for each other? Okay. I don't see the logic in that, but whatever. I literally copied and pasted the list of synonyms for cry, but for some reason you seem to ignore it. Funny, from the guy who accused me of cherry-picking. Yeah, you accused me of cherry-picking, and then blatantly admitted to ignoring parts of my definition and my list of synonyms for cry. Should I call you out on your hypocrisy then? I'm going down the path of self righteousness? If I recall, you're the one who started the whole definition thing to correct Lilliny. All I did was play the game by your rules. Perhaps you should go look in a mirror.
Tomoyuki That is because you cherry picked. Those words are not synonyms, because they mean different thing. They may have common synonyms, but not each other. You quote a list of common synonyms, but never showed me either of those words containing the other as a synonym... Don't you wonder why? I mean, isn't that like blatant evidence? Again, you may continue this path, claim "I don't get it", "let me make this straight" and so on. But I showed you pretty much everything you need to know. Besides, you are not arguing with me, you are basically arguing with a dictionary, which is hilarious.
Tomoyuki I mean, dude seriously. I never argued with you, I just showed you a list of synonyms and definition. You were arguing with a dictionary. I also posted that as "technically, that's not correct", and I don't see lilliny arguing about it. It's you who went into full mode "I have to prove this guy wrong!". I mean, yea. Go argue with the dictionary, I have nothing against. Have fun I guess. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
DarkRay The dictionary actually agrees with me. It's you who's being inflexible in interpreting and reading a dictionary. I'm guessing you're not a humanities or liberal arts major.
But you are right, it's pointless to argue over this.
That said, I also posted that as "technically, that's correct" and you are the one who went into full mode "I have to prove this guy wrong! If it's not on the list of synonyms, I don't care how similar the definitions are or that they have common synonyms, they are not synonyms with each other!"
No, keep going. I'm close. :popcorn:
Tomoyuki this...
You didn't say it, i am the one who adrresed your bias when discusing so caled "rape". You don't bother to talk about it on female novel nowdays, and go as far to say that you dont read those type of novel at female lead. You only picking & attacking "rpe" subject at male lead novel. We can argue about it later.
You are clearly the one that over reacting, you just don't admint itu dont'cha cause on your mind you are the RIGHT one and the other is WRONG.
"Everyone hasil right to like whatever they like" then why you force the other to like or accept your view about male or female lead thing on the first place?and don't accept other? Oh i see..., because you are RIGHT right...
Madevils What in the bloody f?
I never mentioned rape at all in this thread, whether it's in male lead novel or female lead novel? Please go ahead and quote me, because I went through my posts here and not once did I find a single mention of rape?!
And what exactly is my view about male or female lead? You seem to be confused. I do NOT care about male or female leads. I'm just pissed off by a bunch of misogynistic dudes running around claiming that male lead novels will disappear, the site is being invaded, that we should drive female readers out of the site just because a few female lead novels made it to the top rankings. I am saying that we should have BOTH male and female lead stories, not go around screaming about how your fragile male ego gets threatened when you start seeing female lead novels appear in the top rankings that were previously dominated by male lead novels.
I have talked in other threads about how I absolutely ABHOR rape and CEO novels, how it made me sick, and why that is one of the reasons why I will never touch those CEO novels with a ten foot pole, and you come here claiming that I only pick and attack rape subject at male lead novels while I adore rape in female lead novels. But I have never said anything about rape in male lead novels before. You, my friend, are a blatant liar.
Stop lying and stop putting words in my mouth. And it makes me laugh when you accuse me of thinking I'm right and everyone else is wrong, especially when you are the one lying and putting words in my mouth.
Madevils Stop slandering, Mr. Liar. Go ahead and explain or quote where I said I adored rape in CEO or female lead novels. Go and quote me on attacking rape only in male lead novels.
Because I did not.
And I never forced anyone to accept my view about male or female lead BECAUSE I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE GENDERS OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS. I am criticizing these guys for LYING about how male lead novels are disappearing just because a bunch of female lead novels appear in top rankings. THAT'S ALL. So there you have it, you LIED AGAIN.
If you're going to keep lying, I'm just gonna block you and ignore you from now on.
Madevils
No, I was trying to be nice, by letting you go back up there and fix whatever the fuck you just wrote. But ya know what, since you're too stupid to understand when someone is being charitable I'm just gonna respond to the best of my ability because... your English is not very clear.
I am not 'sick' at differing opinions. I am sick of idiots with shit English trying to argue when they cant even under-fucking-stand what I'm saying. And then, when I ask for them to go back and actually edit the garbage they wrote, they assume they (you) won. How are we supposed to have a conversation if I literally have to read what you wrote three or four times? And I'm still confused after?
But fuck you; you screeching banshee.
This is my problem because I use this website. I like how things are, and there is no real need for... whatever it is you're advocating for. Do you even know anymore, or are you just antagonistic at heart? Be honest.
I never twisted your words. The words you use are just that confusing. It's gobbledygook. Its scrambled eggs for the eyes. It's a mish-mash of words that, in the end, don't mean anything. You're mad that the plots are bad and unhealthy. Damn dude, guess you could just put the book down. You don't like that the characters suck? Damn dude, guess you could just put the book down.
Webnovel is trying to make money. If that garbage is what's popular, they're going to promote it to make some money. If the quality is that low, hopefully, a new wave of authors write something that's less shit. But crying, and just crying, does nothing.
If you don't care who's at the top, then why are you here? In this thread? Right now?
If you know that whining about who's at the top won't change anything, then why are you here, in this thread, right now?
Lilliny To be fair, I don't think Madevils is a native speaker. He couldn't even understand a word of my post and completely bungled the meaning. Not once did I mention rape, and he went off attacking me for adoring rape in CEO novels...even though I declared how much I hate and condemned that in other threads (Yue Yi can back me up here).
Also, he completely misunderstood my reply to Ancient Devil as attacking male lead novels when all I did was point out that they are still being published, which was completely opposite of his claim that "no translator will pick up any novels except romance ones." Yeah, clearly not a native speaker, or someone whose English is not exactly good.
You know what's the best thing?
Madevils You are clearly the one that over reacting, you just don't admint itu dont'cha cause on your mind you are the RIGHT one and the other is WRONG.
And I'm still waiting for him to provide the quotes that I said what he claimed I said. Funny he fell completely silent after that. Probably because he couldn't find any quotes of me actually saying that at all. But of course, he's not going to admit that he's wrong, and because he'll look like a complete fool if he insists that he's still right, he decides to keep quiet for now. And wisely so. We'll see if he does show up with an apology admitting that he was wrong, or if he proves to be a hypocrite of the highest order. Or neither.
