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riotous Adjective 1. unrestrained and excessive: riotous decadence 2. unruly or rebellious 3. characterized by unrestrained merriment: riotous celebration
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riotous adjective 1. reckless, wild, outrageous, lavish, rash, luxurious, extravagant, wanton, unrestrained, intemperate, heedless, immoderate adjective 2. unrestrained, wild, loud, noisy, boisterous, rollicking, uproarious, orgiastic, side-splitting, rambunctious (informal) saturnalian, roisterous adjective 3. unruly, violent, disorderly, rebellious, rowdy, anarchic, tumultuous, lawless, mutinous, ungovernable, uproarious, refractory, insubordinate, rampageous << OPPOSITE orderly Translations riotous [ˈraɪətəs] riot adj (crowd) → randalierend; (nights, party) → ausschweifend; (welcome etc) → tumultartig How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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