Riotous
adjective
Very loud, happy, and energetic in a way that is uncontrolled.
She remembered the riotous parties they used to have.
Often appears as...
- riotous party
- riotous laughter
adjective
Involving a lot of violence and uncontrolled behavior.
The protest turned into a riotous mob.
Often appears as...
- riotous assembly
- riotous behavior
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
adjective
Full of bright or striking color.
They decorated the hall with riotous blooms of every hue.
Often appears as...
- riotous color
- riotous bloom
Usage tips
Approving
Literary
adjective
Very loud, happy, and energetic in a way that is uncontrolled.
She remembered the riotous parties they used to have.
Often appears as...
- riotous party
- riotous laughter
adjective
Involving a lot of violence and uncontrolled behavior.
The protest turned into a riotous mob.
Often appears as...
- riotous assembly
- riotous behavior
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
adjective
Full of bright or striking color.
They decorated the hall with riotous blooms of every hue.
Often appears as...
- riotous color
- riotous bloom
Usage tips
Approving
Literary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Joyful Chaos
Use 'riotous' to describe overly energetic and noisy celebrations.
The streets were filled with riotous celebration after the team's victory.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Playful
'Riotous' often indicates behavior that goes beyond just being playful or fun.
The children at the birthday party were riotous, running in every direction.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Events
Associated with events lacking strict rules or formality, like wild parties.
They threw a riotous backyard bash for the Fourth of July.
Pro Tip 1/3Joyful Chaos
Use 'riotous' to describe overly energetic and noisy celebrations.
The streets were filled with riotous celebration after the team's victory.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Playful
'Riotous' often indicates behavior that goes beyond just being playful or fun.
The children at the birthday party were riotous, running in every direction.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Events
Associated with events lacking strict rules or formality, like wild parties.
They threw a riotous backyard bash for the Fourth of July.
Pro Tip 1/3Joyful Chaos
Use 'riotous' to describe overly energetic and noisy celebrations.
The streets were filled with riotous celebration after the team's victory.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Playful
'Riotous' often indicates behavior that goes beyond just being playful or fun.
The children at the birthday party were riotous, running in every direction.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Events
Associated with events lacking strict rules or formality, like wild parties.
They threw a riotous backyard bash for the Fourth of July.
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Video examples
The ballet that incited...
You can hear Stravinsky’s influence in modern jazz’s dueling rhythms, folky classical music, and even film scores for horror movies, which still illicit a riotous audience response.
Video examples
The ballet that incited...
You can hear Stravinsky’s influence in modern jazz’s dueling rhythms, folky classical music, and even film scores for horror movies, which still illicit a riotous audience response.
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Quote examples
Simon Sebag Montefiore
British Historian
In Georgia, where I spend much time, the democratically elected pro-western President Mikhail Saakashvili has been beleaguered by a riotous opposition which proposes creating a constitutional monarchy under the Bagrationi dynasty, with a Spanish racing driver, Prince 'Jorge' Bagrationi, as king.
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Homaro Cantu
American Inventor
The cherry blossom tree is truly a sight to behold, especially when it is in full riotous bloom. There are several varieties of the cherry blossom tree, and while most of them produce flowering branches full of small pinkish-hued flowers, some of them produce actual cherries.
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Julie Andrews
English Actress
I've always admired gardens. My father was a great nature lover and would always take me for walks. We lived not too far away from huge rhododendron estates and azalea estates, and when they're in bloom in England, they're just riotous.
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St. Jerome
Saint
I am that prodigal son who wasted all the portion entrusted to me by my father. But I have not yet fallen at my father's knees. I have not yet begun to put away from me the enticements of my former riotous living.
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Alan Gorrie
Scottish Musician
Look, I was only given a year or two to come up with tunes for this record, and when all but eight of them were thrown out for riotous behaviour, I got a bit ticked off; wouldn't you?
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Liberty Ross
English Model
The first years of my life were spent in a roller disco in the early '80s called Flipper's. It was a real riotous, incredible time. I am slightly obsessed with the place.
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Zygmunt Bauman
Polish Sociologist
Attempts to tame the wayward and domesticate the riotous, to make the unknowable predictable and enchain the free-roaming - all such things sound the death knell to love.
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Alice Englert
Australian Actress
Some of us don't have the energy to be as incredible and riotous and fantastic as Emma Thompson. You're constantly just lapping up her incredible hilariousness.
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Susan B. Anthony
American Activist
I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is: Men's rights are nothing more. Women's rights are nothing less.
Quote examples
Simon Sebag Montefiore
British Historian
In Georgia, where I spend much time, the democratically elected pro-western President Mikhail Saakashvili has been beleaguered by a riotous opposition which proposes creating a constitutional monarchy under the Bagrationi dynasty, with a Spanish racing driver, Prince 'Jorge' Bagrationi, as king.
Quote examples
Homaro Cantu
American Inventor
The cherry blossom tree is truly a sight to behold, especially when it is in full riotous bloom. There are several varieties of the cherry blossom tree, and while most of them produce flowering branches full of small pinkish-hued flowers, some of them produce actual cherries.
Quote examples
Julie Andrews
English Actress
I've always admired gardens. My father was a great nature lover and would always take me for walks. We lived not too far away from huge rhododendron estates and azalea estates, and when they're in bloom in England, they're just riotous.
Quote examples
St. Jerome
Saint
I am that prodigal son who wasted all the portion entrusted to me by my father. But I have not yet fallen at my father's knees. I have not yet begun to put away from me the enticements of my former riotous living.
Quote examples
Alan Gorrie
Scottish Musician
Look, I was only given a year or two to come up with tunes for this record, and when all but eight of them were thrown out for riotous behaviour, I got a bit ticked off; wouldn't you?
Quote examples
Liberty Ross
English Model
The first years of my life were spent in a roller disco in the early '80s called Flipper's. It was a real riotous, incredible time. I am slightly obsessed with the place.
Quote examples
Zygmunt Bauman
Polish Sociologist
Attempts to tame the wayward and domesticate the riotous, to make the unknowable predictable and enchain the free-roaming - all such things sound the death knell to love.
Quote examples
Alice Englert
Australian Actress
Some of us don't have the energy to be as incredible and riotous and fantastic as Emma Thompson. You're constantly just lapping up her incredible hilariousness.
Quote examples
Susan B. Anthony
American Activist
I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is: Men's rights are nothing more. Women's rights are nothing less.
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