riotous

riotous
Synonyms and related words:
abandoned, abounding, abundant, affluent, all-sufficing, ample, aplenty, boisterous, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, brawling, breakaway, chaotic, copious, debauched, dense, diffuse, disordered, disorderly, dissipated, dissolute, effuse, epidemic, exhaustless, extravagant, extreme, extremistic, exuberant, factious, fat, fertile, flourishing, flush, free-living, full, galore, generous, go-go, gross, heavy, high-living, immoderate, impenetrable, in plenty, in quantity, incontinent, indulgent, inexhaustible, insurgent, insurrectionary, intemperate, irrepressible, jungled, jungly, lavish, lawless, lax, liberal, licentious, loose, lush, luxuriant, many, maximal, much, mutineering, mutinous, noisy, nonrestrictive, numerous, obstreperous, opulent, out of control, out of hand, overabundant, overbounteous, overcopious, overexuberant, overflowing, overgenerous, overgrown, overlavish, overliberal, overluxuriant, overmuch, overnumerous, overplenteous, overplentiful, overplenty, overpopulated, overpopulous, overprolific, overrun, permissive, plenitudinous, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, plethoric, prevailing, prevalent, prodigal, productive, profuse, profusive, pullulating, rambunctious, rampant, rank, rebel, rebellious, reinless, replete, revolutional, revolutionary, rich, rife, robustious, roisterous, rollicking, rowdy, rumbustious, running over, seditionary, seditious, subversive, superabundant, swarming, teeming, terrorist, thick, traitorous, treasonable, tumultuous, turbulent, unbridled, unchecked, uncoerced, uncompelled, unconstrained, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, uncurbed, unforced, ungoverned, uninhibited, unmanageable, unmastered, unmeasured, unmuzzled, unreined, unrepressed, unreserved, unrestrained, unrestrictive, unruly, unsubdued, unsuppressed, unweeded, uproarious, violent, wanton, wealthy, weed-choked, weed-ridden, weedy, well-found, well-furnished, well-provided, well-stocked, wholesale, wild

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  • riotous — ri·ot·ous / rī ə təs/ adj 1: of the nature of a riot riotous conduct 2: participating in a riot a riotous assemblage ri·ot·ous·ly adv ri·ot·ous·ness n …   Law dictionary

  • Riotous — Ri ot*ous, a. [OF. rioteux.] 1. Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious. [1913 Webster] The younger son . . . took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. Luke xv. 13. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • riotous — late 14c., from O.Fr. riotous, from riote (see RIOT (Cf. riot)). Related: Riotously; riotousness …   Etymology dictionary

  • riotous — [rī′ət əs] adj. [ME < OFr rioteus] 1. a) having the nature of a riot b) engaging in rioting or inciting to riot 2. without restraint; disorderly; boisterous 3. dissolute; profligate [riotous living] …   English World dictionary

  • riotous — [adj] chaotic, wild anarchic, deranged, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, helterskelter*, insurrectionary, lawless, mutinous, out of control, rampageous, rebellious, rowdy, tumultuous, turbid, turbulent, uncontrolled, unruly, violent; concept …   New thesaurus

  • riotous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) marked by or involving public disorder. 2) involving wild and uncontrolled behaviour. 3) having a vivid, varied appearance. DERIVATIVES riotously adverb riotousness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • riotous — [[t]ra͟ɪ͟ətəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you say that someone has a riotous lifestyle, you mean that they frequently behave in a excessive and uncontrolled way, for example by eating or drinking too much. [FORMAL] ...aristocrats who wasted… …   English dictionary

  • riotous — adjective 1 wild, exciting, and uncontrolled: riotous drinking and singing 2 uncontrolled, noisy, and perhaps dangerous: riotous behaviour BrE: Steve was arrested for riotous behaviour the night before his wedding. riotously adverb riotousness… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • riotous — riotously, adv. riotousness, n. /ruy euh teuhs/, adj. 1. (of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace. 2. (of a person) inciting or taking part in a riot. 3. given to or marked by unrestrained revelry;… …   Universalium

  • riotous — ri|ot|ous [ˈraıətəs] adj [usually before noun] formal 1.) noisy, exciting, and enjoyable in an uncontrolled way = ↑wild ▪ a riotous party 2.) noisy or violent, especially in a public place ▪ Their riotous behaviour led to their arrest.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • riotous — ri|ot|ous [ raıətəs ] adjective 1. ) very lively and noisy: She burst into riotous laughter. 2. ) behaving in a noisy and violent way: The crowd of protestors was becoming riotous. ╾ ri|ot|ous|ly adverb ╾ ri|ot|ous|ness noun uncount …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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