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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
The riotous dancing is, for the attendees, those lucky few, a salve on life’s burn.
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Dwight Garner, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
But if season 1 was Fleabag's hilarious, fourth-wall-breaking race to her life's nadir, season 2 brings us her glorious and riotous redemption.
—EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
There was not the same quality of opposition, but given what was at stake, the riotous procession of four uninterrupted goals basked the ground in belief.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
Sketches that may not have worked fully at one point may get a new life a decade later and prove riotous.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
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Dwight Garner, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
But if season 1 was Fleabag's hilarious, fourth-wall-breaking race to her life's nadir, season 2 brings us her glorious and riotous redemption.
—EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
There was not the same quality of opposition, but given what was at stake, the riotous procession of four uninterrupted goals basked the ground in belief.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
Sketches that may not have worked fully at one point may get a new life a decade later and prove riotous.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riotous
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There were humorous moments amid the writers’ accounts of tragedy.—
Rebecca Plevin,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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When the slasher eventually appears, stealing the group’s car before murdering them with a humorous bluntness, there is also a real atmosphere of dread.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Kremlin said the 72-hour ceasefire would run for three days either side of May 9, when Putin will be hosting international leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping for lavish celebrations to commemorate victory over Nazi Germany.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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The lavish collection includes new interviews, audio commentaries, vintage featurettes and more special features.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2025
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In the series, Cassandra is slightly younger than her counterpart in the book, and that partly had to do with Hawes, whose dramatic and comedic abilities were crucial to the role.—
Maira Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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In the sequel to A Simple Favor, Lively returns as Emily Nelson alongside Anna Kendrick’s Stephanie Smothers in the comedic thriller, which premiered at South by Southwest on March 7.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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Meanwhile, excessive rainfall from the weekend storms has led to river and creek flooding in areas south and east of the Kansas City metro.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article The Aurora City Council at a meeting Tuesday is set to consider changes to the parking ordinance that police say will help with the excessive number of commercial vehicles being parked on city roads.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2025
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What’s funny about that is that Alexander appears to have some Leonard Williams to his game.—
Charlotte Carroll,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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What started out curious is going to curiouser — funny, violent and wild.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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One car gaining lots of attention was the fully electric Lucid Gravity which delivers copious amounts of luxury, range and performance, and the fastest charge speed on the planet.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Today’s offal movement is, in part, an offshoot of the carnivore diet—a meat-heavy approach to eating that, despite copious warnings from nutritionists, rose to prominence online beginning around 2018.—
Valerie Trapp,
The Atlantic,
17 Apr. 2025
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Also amusing is Fiona Glascott as Lady Violet, an old acquaintance of Sherlock’s who specializes officially in schooling young ladies like Clara to join British high society and unofficially in casting her imperious judgment everywhere.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2025
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And while the vision of Young, a vigorous 70 in his trademark schoolboy shorts, tie, crew socks and black shoes, is always amusing, there was nothing but serious respect for his finger-blistering playing.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2025
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Eastern quolls were once abundant in southeast Australia.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 May 2025
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And such opportunities are abundant even when resources are scarce.—
Eric Crosby,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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“Riotous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riotous. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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