adj
Meaning 1
Having the characteristics of a riot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
riotous
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Meaning 2
Causing, inciting or taking part in a riot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Unrestrained and boisterous; degenerate or dissolute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
produced or growing in extreme abundance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- their riotous blooming
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
unrestrained by convention or morality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
- deplorably dissipated and degraded
- riotous living
- fast women
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, fast
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disruptive, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English riotous, from Anglo-Norman riotous; equivalent to riot + -ous.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: buntowniczy — having the characteristics of a riot
- Polish: rozjuszony — having the characteristics of a riot
- Polish: wzburzony — having the characteristics of a riot