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say it: RAHY-uh-tuhs
riotous is an adjective meaning "produced or growing in extreme abundance". It carries 3 recorded senses.
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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for riotous come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.