Wanton
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English
Adjective
Wanton (comparative more Wanton, superlative most Wanton)
- Capricious, reckless of morality, justice etc.; acting without regard for the law or the well-being of others; gratuitous.
- Lewd, immoral; sexually open, unchaste.
- Playful, sportive; being merry or carefree (often used figuratively).
Noun
Wanton (plural Wantons)- A pampered or coddled person.
- An overly playful person.
- A self-indulgent person, fond of excess.
- (archaic) A lewd or immoral person, especially a prostitute.
Verb
Wanton (third-person singular simple present Wantons, present participle Wantoning, simple past and past participle Wantoned)
- (intransitive) To act wantonly; become wanton.
- (transitive) To waste or squander, especially in pleasure (often with away).
Adverbs for Wanton
recklessly; playfully; immorally; irrepressibly; loosely; wickedly; provocatively; delightedly; hilariously; drunkenly; airily, emotionally; insanely; crazily; childishly; ludicrously; pitiably; brazenly; audaciously; heedlessly; imprudently; incorrigibly; eccentrically; monstrously; lawlessly; outlandishly;
Synonyms
- (lewd): lewd, lustful, unchaste
- (capriciously violent): inhumane, insolent, malicious merciless
- (abundant and luxuriant): abundant, extravagant, lavish, luxuriant, prodigal, unrestrained
- (playful, overly happy): frolicsome, playful
- (undisciplined): undisciplined, unruly
Thesaurus
abandoned, accident-prone, adrift, afloat, alternating, amorphous, arbitrary, backsliding, bad woman, baggage, bat, baton, be promiscuous, bill and coo, billy club, bitch, bludgeon, breakneck, broad, capricious, careless, carnal, carouse, celebrate, chambering, changeable, changeful, chase women, chippy, clitoromaniac, club, cocotte, commit adultery, contrary, coo, copulate, cranky, crotchety, cut loose, cyprian, dally, debauch, debauchee, desperate, desultory, deviable, devil-may-care, dissipate, dizzy, drab, easy, easy lay, easy woman, eccentric, erratic, erring, fallen, fanciful, fantasied, fantastic, fast and loose, fickle, fitful, flaky, fleshly, flickering, flighty, flirt, flitting, floozy, fluctuating, fool, fornicate, frail, frail sister, freakish, furious, gallant, gay deceiver, gay dog, giddy, go-go, gratuitous, grisette, grovel, harebrained, harridan, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, hell around, hotheaded, humorsome, hurried, hussy, hysteromaniac, immoderate, impetuous, impulsive, impure, inconsistent, inconstant, incontinent, indecisive, indulgent, infirm, intemperate, irregular, irrepressible, irresolute, irresponsible, jade, jezebel, jollify, jolly, kinky, lady-killer, lapsed, lark, lax, lead, let go, let loose, let off steam, libertine, licentious, light, live hard, lollygag, loose, loose woman, loose-moraled, lover-boy, mace, mad, maggoty, make love, make merry, make out, make whoopee, malevolent, malicious, mazy, mercurial, moody, motiveless, neck, nonrestrictive, notional, nymphet, nympho, nymphomaniac, of easy virtue, of loose morals, out of control, out of hand, overeager, overenthusiastic, overzealous, peccable, permissive, perverse, pet, petulant, philander, philanderer, pickup, pig, plunge into dissipation, postlapsarian, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, prodigal, profligate, promiscuous, prostitute, quean, quirky, raise hell, rake, rakehell, rambling, rampant, recidivist, recidivistic, reckless, reinless, restless, revel, riotous, rip, roister, roue, rounder, roving, run riot, scatterbrained, see life, shapeless, shifting, shifty, shillelagh, shuffling, skirt chaser, skylark, slack, slap-bang, slapdash, slattern, sleep around, slut, smooch, spasmodic, spineless, spiteful, spoon, spree, step out, strumpet, sweet-talk, swing, swinger, tart, temperamental, toy, tramp, trifle, trollop, trull, truncheon, unaccountable, unangelic, unasked, unbridled, uncalled-for, uncertain, unchaste, unchecked, unclean, uncoerced, uncompelled, unconstrained, uncontrolled, uncurbed, undependable, undisciplined, unfixed, unforced, ungodly, ungood, ungoverned, uninhibited, unmastered, unmeasured, unmuzzled, unpredictable, unreasonable, unreined, unreliable, unrepressed, unreserved, unrestrained, unrestrictive, unrighteous, unruly, unsaintly, unsettled, unstable, unstable as water, unsteady, unsubdued, unsuppressed, vacillating, vagarious, vagrant, variable, volatile, walking phallus, wallow, wandering, war club, wavering, wavery, wavy, wayward, weak, wench, whimsical, whisper sweet nothings, whoop it up, whore, whorish, wild, wishy-washy, wolf, woman chaser, womanize, womanizer
