riotous meaning and definition

RIOTOUS adjective

Definition of riotous (adjective)

1. produced or growing in extreme abundance
   • "their riotous blooming"
   • synonyms: exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse
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"
   • synonyms: disruptive, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent
3. unrestrained by convention or morality
   • "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
   • synonyms: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate