Riotous Definition & Meaning
riotous
- adjective
- produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming"
- 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"
- unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
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- What does riotous mean?
- produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming" 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" unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
- What part of speech is riotous?
- Riotous is an adjective.
- How many definitions does riotous have?
- Riotous has 3 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).