RIOTOUS

exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous

(adjective) produced or growing in extreme abundance; “their riotous blooming”

debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast

(adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality; “Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society”; “deplorably dissipated and degraded”; “riotous living”; “fast women”

disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

riotous

having the characteristics of a riot

causing, inciting or taking part in a riot

unrestrained and boisterous; degenerate or dissolute

Synonyms

• ragmatical

Source: Wiktionary

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Ri"ot*ous, a. Etym: [OF. rioteux.]

1. Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious. The younger son . . . took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. Luke xv. 13.

2. Partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly or its acts; seditious.

– Ri"ot*ous*ly, adv.

– Ri"ot*ous*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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