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{
"riotous":{
"causing or intended to cause laughter":{
"examples":[
"his riotous mugging always has everyone in hysterics"
],
"synonyms":[
"antic",
"chucklesome",
"comedic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"humoristic",
"humorous",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"killing",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"clownish",
"knockabout",
"slapstick",
"slapsticky",
"zany",
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"pert",
"smart",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"snickery",
"jocular",
"playful",
"waggish",
"campy",
"jokey",
"joky",
"priceless",
"rich",
"whimsical",
"witty",
"wry",
"blithesome",
"gleeful",
"jocose",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"mad",
"merry",
"mirthful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earnest",
"grave",
"no-nonsense",
"sedate",
"serious",
"severe",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"unsmiling",
"weighty",
"affecting",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"tragic",
"tragical",
"lachrymose",
"mournful",
"sad",
"sorrowful",
"tearful",
"woeful"
],
"antonyms":[
"humorless",
"lame",
"unamusing",
"uncomic",
"unfunny",
"unhumorous",
"unhysterical"
]
},
"pouring forth in great amounts":{
"examples":[
"a painting by that artist is usually a riotous display of color"
],
"synonyms":[
"copious",
"galore",
"gushing",
"lavish",
"profuse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abounding",
"abundant",
"ample",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"extravagant",
"luxuriant",
"fat",
"fecund",
"fertile",
"free",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"unsparing",
"unstinting",
"excessive",
"immoderate",
"redundant",
"adequate",
"complete",
"enough",
"sufficient"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"spare",
"sparse",
"stingy",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"scarce",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting",
"bare",
"mere",
"minimal"
],
"antonyms":[
"dribbling",
"trickling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"riot act":{
"an often public or formal expression of disapproval":{
"examples":[
"at a specially called meeting, he read the riot act to his staff for their poor handling of the crisis"
],
"synonyms":[
"censure",
"commination",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"excoriation",
"objurgation",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reproof",
"stricture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"damnation",
"punishment",
"remonstrance",
"business",
"devil",
"dressing-down",
"lash",
"lecture",
"lesson",
"rap",
"scolding",
"talking-to",
"tongue-lashing",
"belittlement",
"criticism",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"disparagement",
"pan"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclamation",
"honor",
"tribute",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"plaudit(s)",
"praise",
"approval",
"blessing",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[
"citation",
"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"riot acts":{
"an often public or formal expression of disapproval":{
"examples":[
"at a specially called meeting, he read the riot act to his staff for their poor handling of the crisis"
],
"synonyms":[
"censures",
"comminations",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"excoriations",
"objurgations",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproofs",
"strictures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishments",
"admonitions",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"damnations",
"punishments",
"remonstrances",
"businesses",
"devils",
"dressing-downs",
"lashes",
"lectures",
"lessons",
"raps",
"scoldings",
"talking-tos",
"tongue-lashings",
"belittlements",
"criticisms",
"deprecations",
"depreciations",
"disparagements",
"pans"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclamations",
"honors",
"tributes",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"plaudits",
"praises",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[
"citations",
"commendations",
"endorsements",
"indorsements"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}