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
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
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