riotous.

1. Marked by noisy, disruptive, or exuberantly uncontrolled behavior.

2. So abundant, varied, or vivid that restraint or orderly arrangement seems absent.

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Words that belong together

• riotous laughter
• a riotous party
• riotous behavior

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Riotous laughter followed the toast, drowning the objection from the far end of the table.

The festival became riotous after the procession broke apart in the square.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Comparative more riotous; superlative most riotous. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.