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1. (adj.) riotous
(of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace.
2. riotous
(of a person) inciting or taking part in a riot.
3. riotous
given to or marked by unrestrained revelry; loose; wanton:
riotous living.
4. riotous
boisterous or uproarious:
riotous laughter.
5. riotous
hilariously funny.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < OF
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous
produced or growing in extreme abundance
"their riotous blooming"
2. (adj) disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent
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"
3. (adj) debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast
unrestrained by convention or morality
"Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
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1. (adj) riotous
involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious
2. (adj) riotous
partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly or its acts; seditious
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Sense: starting, or likely to start, a riot
a riotous crowd.
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 Afrikaans: oproerig |
 Arabic: شَغَبي، مُشاغِب |
 Bulgarian: бунтовен |
 Brazilian: desordeiro |
 Czech: hlučný, bouřlivý |
 German: aufrührerisch |
 Danish: oprørsk |
 Greek: που προκαλεί ή μπορεί να |
 Spanish: alborotador |
 Estonian: märatsev |
 Farsi: آشوبگر |
 Finnish: rauhaton |
 French: tumultueux |
 Hebrew: פָּרוּע |
 Hindi: राजद्रोही |
 Croatian: buntovan, raspušten |
 Hungarian: lázadó |
 Indonesian: menimbulkan huru-hara |
 Icelandic: óeirðar- |
 Italian: tumultuoso |
 Japanese: 暴動的な |
 Korean: 폭동의 |
 Lithuanian: maištingas, siautėjantis |
 Latvian: dumpīgs |
 Malay: mula merusuh |
 Dutch: oproerig |
 Norwegian: opprørsk |
 Polish: buntowniczy |
 Persian: آشوبگر |
 Pashto: اشوبګر |
 Portuguese: desordeiro |
 Romanian: turbulent |
 Russian: бесчинствующий |
 Slovak: hlučný, búrlivý |
 Slovenian: izgredniški |
 Serbian: pobunjenički |
 Swedish: upploppsartad, upprorisk |
 Thai: เกี่ยวกับการจลาจล |
 Turkish: kontroldançıkacak, ayakla |
 Taiwanese: 暴亂的 |
 Ukrainian: бунтівний |
 Urdu: فساد انگیز |
 Vietnamese: náo loạn |
 Chinese: 暴乱的骚动的 |
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