wanton (redirected from wantoning)

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

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

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

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