riotous
2
7.9
- adjective
- /ˈraɪətəs/
:
tumultuoso
- The protest turned riotous when demonstrators clashed with the police, leading to chaos in the streets.
- riotous laughter
- riotous crowd
- riotous streets
Examples
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Accounts by such people of the chanting and shouting that went on in some riotous situations are, in fact, oddly chilling, especially when large groups of people were involved.
Academic text (1993) -
The violence in the city of Lahore was quite riotous in nature, which, however, the city had seen many times in previous decades.
Academic text (2018) -
But the riotous disorder has played into his hands.
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your son caused the entire student body to break into a riotous frenzy.
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The justification was the fear of catcalls or other riotous behavior.
Academic text (1999) -
A stiff-necked, riotous people, always on the verge of rebellion.
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That is about the riotous nature of the first phase of violence: riots with both sides participating on equal footing.
Academic text (2018) -
Pep rallies are such unruly, riotous affairs that teachers avoid them whenever possible.
Academic text (1990) -
Mona Abaza has qualified the years leading up to 2011 as a period of "space war," in direct response to the increasingly riotous character of downtown.
Academic text (2018) -
So I am Bruce Sterling and this is Massimo Bonzi, and we are outside of Casa Yasmina where a riotous party with beer is going on.
Synonyms
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2.5
Using strong force that causes harm
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4.2
Very uncontrolled in behavior and lacking control
41
4.3
Difficult to control and messy or noisy
35
7.5
It is full of loud, excited activity and confusion
34
6.6
Full of confusion and disorder among people, politics, or events
34
4.4
Behaving badly and not following rules
Antonyms
How Disorderly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Riotous comes from the word riot, which means a loud public 'uproar' or disorder. So riotous describes scenes that are noisy, wild, and out of control.