Definition of riotous

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Riotous (a.) Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious..

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Revel :: Revel (v. i.) A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal.
Satyr :: Satyr (n.) A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness..
Roarer :: Roarer (n.) A riotous fellow; a roaring boy.
Revel-rout :: Revel-rout (n.) A rabble; a riotous assembly; a mob.
Riotous :: Riotous (a.) Partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly or its acts; seditious.
Luddite :: Luddite (n.) One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames..
Bacchanal :: Bacchanal (a.) Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
Bacchanal :: Bacchanal (n.) A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.
Mob :: Mob (n.) A throng; a rabble; esp., an unlawful or riotous assembly; a disorderly crowd..
Living :: Living (n.) Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living..
Pandemonium :: Pandemonium (n.) An utterly lawless, riotous place or assemblage..
Riotous :: Riotous (a.) Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious..
Rampage :: Rampage (v.) Violent or riotous behavior; a state of excitement, passion, or debauchery; as, to be on the rampage..
Revel :: Revel (v. i.) To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry.
Carnival :: Carnival (n.) Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess..
Saturnalian :: Saturnalian (a.) Of unrestrained and intemperate jollity; riotously merry; dissolute.
Saturnalia :: Saturnalia (n. pl.) Hence: A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence..
Cushion :: Cushion (n.) A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also cushion dance..
Bacchical :: Bacchical (a.) Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous,with intoxication..
Callithump :: Callithump (n.) A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari..
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