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Thesaurus: riotous

Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious.

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  1. a. Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious.
  2. a. Partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly or its acts; seditious.
  3. adj. produced or growing in extreme abundance
  4. adj. characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
  5. adj. unrestrained by convention or morality
  6. 1. Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious. The younger son . . . took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. Luke xv. 13. 2. Partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly or its acts; seditious. -- Ri"ot*ous*ly, adv. -- Ri"ot*ous*ness, n.
  7. j:100 s produced or growing in extreme abundance s characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination s unrestrained by convention or morality