Wanton

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Immoral or unchaste; lewd.
  • adj. Gratuitously cruel; merciless.
  • adj. Marked by unprovoked, gratuitous maliciousness; capricious and unjust: wanton destruction.
  • adj. Unrestrainedly excessive: wanton extravagance; wanton depletion of oil reserves.
  • adj. Luxuriant; overabundant: wanton tresses.
  • adj. Frolicsome; playful.
  • adj. Undisciplined; spoiled.
  • adj. Obsolete Rebellious; refractory.
  • verb-intransitive. To act, grow, or move in a wanton manner; be wanton.
  • v. To waste or squander extravagantly.
  • n. One who is immoral, lewd, or licentious.
  • n. One that is playful or frolicsome.
  • n. One that is undisciplined or spoiled.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Undisciplined, unruly; not able to be controlled.
  • adj. Lewd, immoral; sexually open, unchaste.
  • adj. Playful, sportive; being merry or carefree (often used figuratively).
  • adj. Self-indulgent, fond of excess; luxurious.
  • adj. Capricious, reckless of morality, justice etc.; acting without regard for the law or the well-being of others; gratuitous.
  • adj. Extravagant, unrestrained; excessive (of speech or thought).
  • n. A pampered or coddled person.
  • n. An overly playful person.
  • n. A self-indulgent person, fond of excess.
  • n. A lewd or immoral person, especially a prostitute.
  • v. To act wantonly; become wanton.
  • v. To waste or squander, especially in pleasure (often with away).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.
  • adj. Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute.
  • adj. Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous.
  • adj. Reckless; heedless.
  • n. A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment.
  • n. One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.
  • n. A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman.
  • verb-intransitive. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
  • verb-intransitive. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.
  • v. To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Ill brought up; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, free from moral control.
  • Characterized by extreme recklessness, fool-hardiness, or heartlessness; malicious; recklessly disregardful of right or of consequences: applied both to persons and to their acts.
  • Wild; unruly; loose; unrestrained.
  • Playful; sportive; frolicsome.
  • Rank; luxuriant.
  • Characterized by unrestrained indulgence of the natural impulses or appetites; dissolute; licentious.
  • Particularly, unchaste; lascivious; libidinous; lustful; lewd.
  • n. A pampered, petted creature; one spoiled by fondness or indulgence; also, a frolicsome, roving, sportive creature; a trifier: used sometimes as a term of endearment.
  • n. A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman.
  • To revel; frolic unrestrainedly; sport.
  • To sport or dally in lewdness; sport lasciviously.
  • To make wanton.
  • To spend or waste in wantonness.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. lewd or lascivious woman
  • v. spend wastefully
  • v. behave extremely cruelly and brutally
  • adj. occurring without motivation or provocation
  • v. indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life
  • v. become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
  • adj. casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
  • v. waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
  • v. engage in amorous play
  • Equivalent
    unmotivated    unchaste   
    Verb Form
    wantoned    wantoning    wantons   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    drop    expend    spend    do    act    behave    live    waste    ware    squander   
    Cross Reference
    flirt   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    untrained    undisciplined    unrestrained    free    luxuriant    roving    sportive    perverse    dissolute    lewd   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Taunton    ponton   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    wicked    reckless    barbarous    foolish    heartless    senseless    malicious    outrageous    frivolous    sensual