Meaning of riotous in English

1. Pronunciation

   /ˈraɪədəs/

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1. Classifying Adjective

   riotous

   Definitions

   1. produced or growing in extreme abundance

   Examples

   • « their riotous blooming »

   Synonyms

   • abundant
2. 2. characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

   Examples

   • « 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 »

   Synonyms

   • unquiet
3. 3. unrestrained by convention or morality

   Examples

   • « Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society »
   • « deplorably dissipated and degraded »
   • « riotous living »
   • « fast women »

   Synonyms

   • immoral