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Riotous

Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious.

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Abundant 84% connected

Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by in, rarely by with.

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Abundant 84% connected

Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by in, rarely by with.

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Immoral 84% connected

Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licenti…

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Immoral 84% connected

Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licenti…

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Unquiet 84% connected

To disquiet.

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Unquiet 84% connected

To disquiet.

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Rakehell 74% connected

A lewd, dissolute fellow; a debauchee; a rake.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rakehell 74% connected

A lewd, dissolute fellow; a debauchee; a rake.

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Debauched 92% connected

of Debauch

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Degenerate 92% connected

Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Degraded 92% connected

of Degrade

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Disruptive 92% connected

Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dissipated 92% connected

of Dissipate

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Dissolute 92% connected

With nerves unstrung; weak.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Exuberant 92% connected

Characterized by abundance or superabundance; plenteous; rich; overflowing; copious or excessive in production; as, exuberant goodness; an exuberant…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fast 92% connected

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Libertine 92% connected

A manumitted slave; a freedman; also, the son of a freedman.

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Lush 92% connected

Full of juice or succulence.

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Luxuriant 92% connected

Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; very abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage.

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Profligate 92% connected

Overthrown; beaten; conquered.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Profuse 92% connected

Pouring forth with fullness or exuberance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal; giving without stint; as, a profuse government; profuse hospitality.

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Troubled 92% connected

of Trouble

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Tumultuous 92% connected

Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent.

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Turbulent 92% connected

Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean.

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