riotous
Collocations
3ADJ.
boisterous, live
VERB + RIOTOUS
causing
RIOTOUS + NOUN
life, occasion, situations, teddy-boys
Definitions
adj
Having the characteristics of a riot.
Causing, inciting or taking part in a riot.
The prison administrators are always planting seeds of hate, division, separatism, and prison peer group racism in the various ethnic groups here, causing friction and riotous situations where one group is set against another.
Unrestrained and boisterous; degenerate or dissolute.
Open carriages tend to be draughty and inadequately heated. The passenger in them has no escape from the annoyance of squalling babies, boisterous drunks, and riotous teddy-boys, who may be at the far end of the coach but whose din cannot be shut out.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — unrestrained by convention or morality
- debauched
- degenerate
- degraded
- dissipated
- dissolute
- libertine
- profligate
- fast
adjective — characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
- disruptive
- troubled
- tumultuous
- turbulent
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4The prison administrators are always planting seeds of hate, division, separatism, and prison peer group racism in the various ethnic groups here, causing friction and riotous situations where one gro
WiktionaryOpen carriages tend to be draughty and inadequately heated. The passenger in them has no escape from the annoyance of squalling babies, boisterous drunks, and riotous teddy-boys, who may be at the far
WiktionaryLive a riotous life.
Tatoeba · #322043It was a riotous occasion.
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