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RIOTOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Produced or growing in extreme abundance
Example:
their riotous blooming
Synonyms:
exuberant; lush; luxuriant; profuse; riotous
Classified under:
Similar:
abundant (present in great quantity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Unrestrained by convention or morality
Example:
fast women
Synonyms:
debauched; degenerate; degraded; dissipated; dissolute; fast; libertine; profligate; riotous
Classified under:
Similar:
immoral (deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong)
Derivation:
riot (a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
Example:
a turbulent and unruly childhood
Synonyms:
disruptive; riotous; troubled; tumultuous; turbulent
Classified under:
Similar:
unquiet (characterized by unrest or disorder)
Derivation:
riot (a public act of violence by an unruly mob)
Context examples:
It was on that slender riotous island which extends itself due east of New York and where there are, among other natural curiosities, two unusual formations of land.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
When I came back from the East last autumn I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
