wanton

wan·ton  (wntn)

adj.

1. Immoral or unchaste; lewd.

2.

a. Gratuitously cruel; merciless.

b. Marked by unprovoked, gratuitous maliciousness; capricious and unjust: wanton destruction.

3. Unrestrainedly excessive: wanton extravagance; wanton depletion of oil reserves.

4. Luxuriant; overabundant: wanton tresses.

5. Frolicsome; playful.

6. Undisciplined; spoiled.

7. Obsolete Rebellious; refractory.

v. wan·toned, wan·ton·ing, wan·tons

v.intr.

To act, grow, or move in a wanton manner; be wanton.

v.tr.

To waste or squander extravagantly.

n.

1. One who is immoral, lewd, or licentious.

2. One that is playful or frolicsome.

3. One that is undisciplined or spoiled.

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[Middle English wantowen : wan-, not, lacking (from Old English; see eu- in Indo-European roots) + towen, past participle of teen, to bring up (from Old English ton, to lead, draw; see deuk- in Indo-European roots).]

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wanton·ly adv.

wanton·ness n.

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wanton

Adjective

1. without motive, provocation, or justification: sheer wanton destruction

2. (of a person) maliciously and unnecessarily cruel

3. Old-fashioned (of a woman) sexually unrestrained or immodest

Noun

Old-fashioned a sexually unrestrained or immodest woman [Middle English wantowen unruly]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wanton - lewd or lascivious woman             sensualist - a person who enjoys sensuality light-o'-love, light-of-love - a woman inconstant in love
Verb	1.	wanton - waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently piddle, piddle away, trifle, wanton away expend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money"
	2.	wanton - indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life live - lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war"
	3.	wanton - spend wastefully; "wanton one's money away" trifle away, wanton away expend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money"
	4.	wanton - become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously luxuriate ware, squander, consume, waste - spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"
	5.	wanton - engage in amorous play chat up, coquet, coquette, flirt, mash, philander, romance, dally, butterfly - talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
	6.	wanton - behave extremely cruelly and brutally behave, act, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
Adj.	1.	wanton - occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt motiveless, unprovoked unmotivated - without motivation
	2.	wanton - casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior" promiscuous, sluttish, easy, loose, light unchaste - not chaste; "unchaste conduct"

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wanton

adjective 1. wilful, needless, senseless, unjustified, willed, evil, cruel, vicious, deliberate, arbitrary, malicious, wicked, purposeful, gratuitous, malevolent, spiteful, unprovoked, groundless, unjustifiable, uncalled-for, motiveless << OPPOSITE justified

adjective 2. promiscuous, immoral, shameless, licentious, fast, wild, abandoned, loose, dissipated, lewd, profligate, debauched, lustful, lecherous, dissolute, libertine, libidinous, of easy virtue, unchaste << OPPOSITE puritanical

Translations

wanton [ˈwɔntn] adj (= licentious) → lascivo

wanton [ˈwɔntn] adj → capricieux/euse, dévergondé(e)

wanton [ˈwɔntn] adj [violence] → mutwillig (= promiscuous) [woman] → schamlos

wanton [ˈwɔntn] adj → sfrenato/a; senza motivo

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wanton

adj wanton [ˈwontən]

1 without reason; motiveless wanton cruelty; the wanton destruction of property. roekeloos, moedswillig طائِش، مُتَهَوِّر،جائِر، لا مُبَرِّر لَه безпричинен svévolný formålsløs mutwillig αναίτιος, κακόβουλος sin motivo, injustificado; gratuito põhjendamatu بي دليل järjetön gratuit זְדוֹנִי चंचल besciljan, samovoljan értelmetlen tanpa alasan ástæðulaus gratuito, arbitrario 勝手気ままな 까닭없는 beprasmiškas, nesuprantamas neprātīgs; bezjēdzīgs; bezatbildīgs sewenang-wenangnya moedwillig formålsløs, umotivert bezsensowny injustificado nejustificat; fără motiv бессмысленный svojvoľný, bezdôvodný objesten nepotreban meningslös, omotiverad ซึ่งไม่มีเหตุผลหรือเป้าหมาย nedensiz 無理的 безпричинний; свавільний بے وجہ ngang ngạnh 无理的

2 (of a person) immoral wanton young women. baldadig لَعوب، داعِر، لا أخْلاقي покварен nepočestný hensynsløs liederlich ανήθικος libertino, desvergonzado kergemeelne نانجيب kevytkenkäinen dévergondé מוּפקָר nemoralan ledér tak bermoral lostafullur, léttúðugur scostumato みだらな 음란한 pasileidęs, ištvirkęs izlaidīgs; netikls perempuan gasang lichtzinnig uanstendig, lettsindig rozwiązły, swawolny devasso imoral распутный nerestný, nemravný razuzdan nemoralan lättsinnig ซึ่งไร้ศีลธรรม; ซึ่งมัวเมาในตัณหาราคะ ahlâksız 淫蕩的 розбещений, розпусний بد کار phóng đãng 淫荡的

adv ˈwantonly

baldadig بصورةٍ جائِرَه، بصورةٍ داعِرَه необуздано svévolně formålsløst; hensynsløst mutwillig ανήθικα, αναίτια libertinamente, desvergonzadamente hoolimatult نانجيبانه hillittömästi gratuitement בְּהֶפקֵרוּת अनियंत्रित ढंग से nemoralno féktelenül; alaptalanul; erkölcstelenül secara tak bermoral að ástæðulausu gratuitamente 気まぐれに 까닭 없이, 악의 없이 beprasmiškai neprātīgi; bezjēdzīgi; izlaidīgi dengan sewenang-wenangnya moedwillig, lichtzinnig uanstendig, lettsindig; umotivert bezsensownie devassamente fără motiv; în mod ab­surd бессмысленно zbytočne, svojvoľne objestno nemoralno av okynne, omotiverat, lättsinnigt โดยมัวเมาในเรื่องทางเพศ; โดยหมกมุ่นกับกามตัณหา; อย่างมัวเมาในตัณหาราคะ ahlâksızca 放肆地 безпричинно شوخی سے một cách lố lăng 放肆地

n ˈwantonness

baldadigheid دَعارَه، عَبَث، جَوْر، تَهَوُّر необузадност zlovolnost formålsløshed; hensynsløshed der Mutwille ανηθικότητα, κακοβουλία gratuidad; libertinaje hoolimatus نانجيبي holtittomuus gratuité הֶפקֵרוּת अनुशासनहीनता nemoral fékezhetetlenség; könnyelműség; erkölcstelenség kejahatan tilefnisleysi gratuità, sregolatezza 気ままなこと 음란 beprasmiškumas, palaidumas neprāts; bezjēdzība; bezatbildība; izlaidība tidak bertanggungjawab moedwil, lichtzinnigheid formålsløshet; lettsindighet bezsens devassidão absurditate шаловливость;распутство svojvoľnosť objestnost nemoralnost meningslöshet, lättsinnighet ความมัวเมาในเรื่องทางเพศ; ความหมกมุ่นกับกามตัณหา; ความมัวเมาในตัณหาราคะ ahlâksızlık 放肆，嬉戲 безпричинність بد کاری sự lố lăng 放肆，嬉戏