'Riotous' definitions:

Definition of 'riotous'

From: WordNet
adjective
Produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming" [syn: exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous]
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" [syn: disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent]
adjective
Unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast]

Definition of 'Riotous'

From: GCIDE
  • Riotous \Ri"ot*ous\, a. [OF. rioteux.]
  • 1. Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious. [1913 Webster]
  • The younger son . . . took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. --Luke xv. 13. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly or its acts; seditious. [1913 Webster] -- {Ri"ot*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ri"ot*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'riotous'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Riotous'