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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

riotous
    adj 1: produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous
           blooming" [syn: exuberant, lush, luxuriant,
           profuse, riotous]
    2: 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]
    3: 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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

Thesaurus Results for riotous:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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