What is another word for riotous?

Pronunciation: [ɹˈa͡ɪ͡ətəs] (IPA)

Riotous is an adjective that is used to describe a situation that is characterized by violent or disorderly behavior. Some synonyms for riotous include tumultuous, chaotic, unruly, rowdy, boisterous, raucous, and uproarious. All of these words convey a sense of chaos or disorder, but each has its own unique connotations. For example, tumultuous suggests a situation that is marked by confusion and noise, while chaotic implies a lack of organization or control. Unruly and rowdy suggest a situation that is out of hand or difficult to manage, while boisterous and raucous suggest loud and energetic behavior. Uproarious implies a situation that is exceedingly noisy or humorous.

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What are the hypernyms for Riotous?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for riotous?

The word riotous means unruly, chaotic, or disorderly. Its antonyms are orderly, peaceful, calm, and organized. Orderly means well-arranged, systematic, and methodical. Peaceful is serene, tranquil, and calm. Calm means relaxed, composed, and stable. Organized means well-planned, coordinated, and structured. Riotous can be used to describe a situation where people come together and express emotions in a very uncontrolled and frenzied manner. However, the antonyms for riotous tell us how important maintaining order is in our day-to-day lives. That's why we should strive to uphold peace, order, and organization for a better and more productive society.

Usage examples for Riotous

It filled me with a red madness, surged with an unbearable music, giving me a riotous pain!
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He roared, shouted with riotous laughter.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole
He was at this time, like a man jostled and pushed and turned about at some riotous fair; looking, now this way, now that, absorbed by a thousand sights, a thousand sounds-and always through it all feeling, bitterly in his heart, that something dear to him, somewhere in some place of silence, was dying- Well, hang it all, at any rate there was the Child!
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole

Famous quotes with Riotous

  • I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is: Men's rights are nothing more. Women's rights are nothing less.
    Susan B. Anthony
  • Look, I was only given a year or two to come up with tunes for this record, and when all but eight of them were thrown out for riotous behaviour, I got a bit ticked off; wouldn't you?
    Alan Gorrie
  • At one point the driver said, "For God's sakes, you're rocking the boat back there." Actually we were; the car was swaying as Dean and I both swayed to the rhythm and the IT of our final excited joy in talking and living to the blank tranced end of all innumerable riotous angelic particulars that had been lurking in our souls all our lives.
    Jack Kerouac
  • The thing that distinguishes social systems from physical or even biological systems is their incomparable (and embarrassing) richness in special cases. Generalizations in the social sciences are mere pathways which lead through a riotous forest of individual trees, each a species unto itself. The social scientist who loses this sense of the essential individuality and uniqueness of each case is all too likely to make a solemn scientific ass of himself, especially if he thinks that his faceless generalizations are the equivalents of the rich variety of the world.
    Kenneth Boulding
  • On either side of them, as they glided onwards, the rich meadow-grass seemed that morning of a freshness and a greenness unsurpassable. Never had they noticed the roses so vivid, the willow-herb so riotous, the meadow-sweet so odorous and pervading. Then the murmur of the approaching weir began to hold the air, and they felt a consciousness that they were nearing the end, whatever it might be, that surely awaited their expedition.
    Kenneth Grahame

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