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How to pronounce riotous in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms disruptive, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent
Derivation riot


riotous times.
Type Words
Synonyms exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse


their riotous blooming.
Type Words
Synonyms debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate
Derivation riot


riotous living.

Examples of riotous

riotous
She was a vivacious host and a great storyteller, always up for a riotous laugh.
From the guardian.co.uk
The Rite of Spring premiered in 1913 in Paris to a literally riotous reception.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Annie and Helen vie for power, leading to riotous results as the wedding nears.
From the washingtonpost.com
The riotous color of a Blue Man Group ad on the side of the bus caught his eye.
From the time.com
He is both enrapt by this land's riotous beauty and bound to honor its secrets.
From the time.com
Holi, the festival of colors, is a riotous celebration of the coming of spring.
From the washingtonpost.com
They are bookended by rusting farm tools while outside all is riotous greenery.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
It follows Paul's riotous life from dizzy teenager to even dizzier drag queen.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The bunny, when deprived of a carrot, wreaks riotous revenge during a performance.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • Exuberant: produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming"
  • Disruptive: 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"
  • Debauched: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
  • (riotously) tumultuously: in a tumultuous and riotous manner; "the crowd was demonstrating tumultuously"
  • (riotously) exuberantly: in an exuberant manner; "the exuberantly baroque decoration of the church"
  • Having the characteristics of a riot; causing, inciting or taking part in a riot; unrestrained and boisterous; degenerate or dissolute
  • Undisciplined hounds which persist in riot.