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Riotous Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Riotous has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

produced or growing in extreme abundance

"their riotous blooming"

2

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"

3

unrestrained by convention or morality

"Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"

"deplorably dissipated and degraded"

"riotous living"

"fast women"

4

having the characteristics of a riot

Example Sentences
"their riotous blooming" adjective
"effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive" adjective
"riotous times" adjective
"these troubled areas" adjective
"the tumultuous years of his administration" adjective
"a turbulent and unruly childhood" adjective
"Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society" adjective
"deplorably dissipated and degraded" adjective
"riotous living" adjective
"fast women" adjective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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