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riotous

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ri·ot·ous  (rt-s)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or resembling a riot.
2. Participating in or inciting to riot or uproar.
3. Uproarious; boisterous: a riotous party.
4. Dissolute; wanton: riotous living.
5. Abundant or luxuriant: a riotous growth. See Synonyms at profuse.

riot·ous·ly adv.
riot·ous·ness n.

riotous
Adjective
1. unrestrained and excessive: riotous decadence
2. unruly or rebellious
3. characterized by unrestrained merriment: riotous celebration
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.riotous - produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming"
abundant - present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"
2.riotousriotous - characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood"
unquiet - characterized by unrest or disorder; "unquiet days of riots"; "following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation"; "spent an unquiet night tossing and turning"
3.riotous - unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
immoral - deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

riotous
adjective 2. unrestrained, wild, loud, noisy, boisterous, rollicking, uproarious, orgiastic, side-splitting, rambunctious (informal) saturnalian, roisterous
Translations
Spanish riotous [ˈraɪətəs] adjalborotado; [party] → bullicioso (= uncontrolled); desenfrenado
French riotous [ˈraɪətəs] adjtapageur/euse; tordant(e)
German riotous [ˈraɪətəs] riot adj (crowd) → randalierend;
(nights, party) → ausschweifend;
(welcome etc) → tumultartig

Italian riotous [ˈraɪətəs] adjtumultuoso/a; che fa crepare dal ridere

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Our friend Charley, after disturbing the household with beat of drum and riotous shouts, races up and down the staircase, overturning of chairs, and much other uproar, began to feel the quiet and confinement within doors intolerable.
A camp, recovering from one of these riotous revels, presents a seriocomic spectacle; black eyes, broken heads, lack-lustre visages.
Every afternoon brought a return of their riotous games all over the house; and she very early learned to sigh at the approach of Saturday's constant half-holiday.
 
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