RIOTOUS

• (adj.) produced or growing in extreme abundance

  "their riotous blooming"

  synonyms : exuberant , lush , luxuriant , profuse

• (adj.) unrestrained by convention or morality

  "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society", "deplorably dissipated and degraded", "riotous living", "fast women"

  synonyms : debauched , degenerate , degraded , dissipated , dissolute , fast , libertine , profligate

  The king decided to banish the profligate nobles who had brought disrepute to the court. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : disruptive , troubled , tumultuous , turbulent

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