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as in humorous
causing or intended to cause laughter
his riotous mugging always has everyone in hysterics
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as in lavish
pouring forth in great amounts
a painting by that artist is usually a riotous display of color
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Recent Examples of riotous
As seen in this riotous new trailer, the sequel picks up where the original series left off.
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Recalling the deconstructed handmade animations of Robert Breer, Peter Larsson’s film pits riotous, jagged formalism against a haphazard soundtrack of bloops and pings and ramshackle percussion.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
Terms & Conditions offers an alternately riotous and meditative compendium of the Black experience.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
Alicia Silverstone’s Cher, a Beverly Hills high school student with a closet of riotous and costly mix-and-match outfits and a knack for negotiating higher grades without actually earning them, comes off as shallow and spoiled.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 July 2025
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Recalling the deconstructed handmade animations of Robert Breer, Peter Larsson’s film pits riotous, jagged formalism against a haphazard soundtrack of bloops and pings and ramshackle percussion.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
Terms & Conditions offers an alternately riotous and meditative compendium of the Black experience.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
Alicia Silverstone’s Cher, a Beverly Hills high school student with a closet of riotous and costly mix-and-match outfits and a knack for negotiating higher grades without actually earning them, comes off as shallow and spoiled.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riotous
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Barkov is the opposite of Tkachuk in personality, never the one with the humorous postgame quote or engaging TV soundbite.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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The duo, who are known for their original and often humorous dance routines, will be repped by UTA across digital, theater and scripted (co-represented with Curtis Brown).—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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The lavish resort is a reconstructed Gilded Age hotel well-rehearsed in being discreet.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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She and McIlroy got married in 2017 On April 22, 2017, Stoll and McIlroy exchanged vows during a lavish ceremony at Ashford Castle in County Mayo, Ireland.—
Effie Orfanides,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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In a 1972 Esquire interview, the writer Harold Brodkey pressed her to examine her comedic sources.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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The comedic cross-country car film, which rescued the reputation of the envelope-pushing company after back-to-back duds National Lampoon's Movie Madness and National Lampoon's Class Reunion, represented a kind of maturation for the brand.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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The reports obtained by The Post show a barrage of complaints from youth that staff used excessive force during restraints or other physical management responses at the state’s 14 facilities.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
26 Sep. 2025
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With extended heat exposure comes excessive sweat, so drinking plenty of fluids with electrolytes the day before is essential for safe sauna use.—
Essence,
Essence,
26 Sep. 2025
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What follows is a dramedy that is simultaneously an anthropological examination of the film industry’s denizens and a disturbing — though often very funny — look at the fragility of identity in that world.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
25 Sep. 2025
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My idea of funny is the English say the craziest things with a straight face.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Quench them with a copious deluge of water and stir to guarantee complete cooling.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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The pressure to catch up on AI may well drive tech firms closer to Hollywood, because AI platforms need copious amounts of content in order to train AI services to deliver human-like conversations with users.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
21 Sep. 2025
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The latter character ushers in a stiff but amusing Mark Cuban cameo.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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Fleury gave a typically amusing answer when asked about the chants of one more year.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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That's where water ice thought to be abundant in the region could be extracted and used for drinking, breathing and as a source of hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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These animals, so rarely seen by humans, are actually some of the most abundant on the planet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Riotous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riotous. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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