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Meaning of 'riotous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Riotous [ a.]
- Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious.
- Partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly or its acts; seditious.

Meaning of 'riotous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . riotous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
Example in sentence:
  • a turbulent and unruly childhood;
  • effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive;
  • riotous times;
  • the tumultuous years of his administration;
  • these troubled areas
Meaning (2):
- unrestrained by convention or morality
Example in sentence:
  • Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society;
  • deplorably dissipated and degraded;
  • fast women;
  • riotous living
Meaning (3):
- produced or growing in extreme abundance
Example in sentence:
  • their riotous blooming

Nearby Words:

riot rioted rioter rioting riotise riotour riotry

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