English adjective: riotous | |||
| 1. | riotous produced or growing in extreme abundance | ||
| Samples | Their riotous blooming. | ||
| Synonyms | exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse | ||
| Similar | abundant | ||
| Antonyms | scarce | ||
| 2. | riotous characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination | ||
| Samples | 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 | disruptive, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent | ||
| Similar | unquiet | ||
| Antonyms | quiet | ||
| 3. | riotous unrestrained by convention or morality | ||
| Samples | Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society. Deplorably dissipated and degraded. Riotous living. Fast women. | ||
| Synonyms | debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate | ||
| Similar | immoral | ||
| Antonyms | moral | ||