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wan·ton
(wŏn′tən)adj.
1.
a. Lascivious or promiscuous. Used especially of women.
b. Exciting or expressing sexual desire: a wanton pose.
2. Marked by unprovoked, gratuitous maliciousness; capricious and unjust: wanton destruction.
3. Unrestrainedly excessive: wanton extravagance.
4. Luxuriant; overabundant: wanton tresses.
5. Frolicsome; playful: a wanton fawn.
6. Obsolete Rebellious; refractory.
intr.v. wan·toned, wan·ton·ing, wan·tons
1. To behave in a wanton manner; act lasciviously.
2. To move idly or playfully.
n.
One, especially a woman, who is licentious or promiscuous.
[Middle English wantowen : wan-, not, lacking (from Old English; see euə- in Indo-European roots) + towen, past participle of teen, to bring up (from Old English tēon, to lead, draw; see deuk- in Indo-European roots).]
wan′ton·ly adv.
wan′ton·ness n.
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wanton
(ˈwɒntən)adj
1. dissolute, licentious, or immoral
2. without motive, provocation, or justification: wanton destruction.
3. maliciously and unnecessarily cruel or destructive
4. unrestrained: wanton spending.
5. archaic or poetic playful or capricious
6. archaic (of vegetation, etc) luxuriant or superabundant
n
7. a licentious person, esp a woman
8. a playful or capricious person
vb
9. (intr) to behave in a wanton manner
10. (tr) to squander or waste
[C13 wantowen (in the obsolete sense: unmanageable, unruly): from wan- (prefix equivalent to un-1; related to Old English wanian to wane) + -towen, from Old English togen brought up, from tēon to bring up]
ˈwantonly adv
ˈwantonness n
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wan•ton
(ˈwɒn tn)adj.
1. done maliciously or unjustifiably: wanton cruelty.
2. deliberate and without motive; unprovoked: a wanton attack.
3. without regard for what is right, just, etc.; reckless: wanton assassination of a person's character.
4. sexually unrestrained; lascivious; lewd: wanton behavior.
5. extravagant or excessive: living in wanton luxury.
6. luxuriant, as vegetation.
7. Archaic.
n. a. sportive or frolicsome, as children or young animals.
b. having free play: wanton breezes.
c. cruelly playful; mischievous: wanton schoolboys.
8. a wanton or lascivious person, esp. a woman.
v.i. 9. to behave in a wanton manner.
v.t. 10. to squander (often fol. by away): to wanton away one's inheritance.
[1250–1300; Middle English wantowen literally, undisciplined, ill-reared, Old English wan- not + togen past participle of tēon to discipline, rear, c. German ziehen, Latin dūcere to lead; akin to tow1]
wan′ton•ly, adv.
wan′ton•ness, n.
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wanton
Past participle: wantoned
Gerund: wantoning
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| Noun | 1. |  wanton - lewd or lascivious woman sensualist - a person who enjoys sensuality light-of-love, light-o'-love - a woman inconstant in love |
| Verb | 1. |  wanton - waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently |
| 2. |  wanton - indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of lifelive - 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" | |
| 4. | wanton - become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously | |
| 5. | wanton - engage in amorous play | |
| 6. | wanton - behave extremely cruelly and brutally | |
| Adj. | 1. |  wanton - occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Rooseveltunmotivated - without motivation |
| 2. |  wanton - casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"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 the unnecessary and wanton destruction of our environment
wilful called-for, justified, provoked, motivated, warranted, legitimate, excusable
wilful called-for, justified, provoked, motivated, warranted, legitimate, excusable
2. promiscuous, immoral, shameless, licentious, fast, wild, abandoned, loose, dissipated, lewd, profligate, debauched, lustful, lecherous, dissolute, libertine, libidinous, of easy virtue, unchaste Women behaving with the same sexual freedom as men are considered wanton.
promiscuous Victorian, rigid, stuffy, prim, puritanical, prudish, strait-laced, priggish, overmodest
promiscuous Victorian, rigid, stuffy, prim, puritanical, prudish, strait-laced, priggish, overmodest
noun
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wanton
adjective1. Lacking in moral restraint:
2. Marked by an absence of conventional restraint in sexual behavior; sexually unrestrained:
3. Not required, necessary, or warranted by the circumstances of the case:
1. An immoral or licentious person:
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Translations
طائِش، مُتَهَوِّر،جائِر، لا مُبَرِّر لَهلَعوب، داعِر، لا أخْلاقي
formålsløshensynsløs
ledér
ástæîulauslostafullur, léttúîugur
beprasmiškumas
bezatbildīgsbezjēdzīgsizlaidīgsneprātīgsnetikls
nepočestný
ahlâksıznedensiz
wanton
[ˈwɒntən] ADJ1. (= wilful, gratuitous) [neglect] → displicente; [destruction] → sin sentido, gratuito; [violence] → gratuito
3. (= unrestrained) [spending] → desenfrenado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
wanton
adj
(= licentious) life → liederlich; behaviour, woman, pleasures → schamlos; looks, thoughts → lüstern; Cupid, that wanton boy (liter) → Amor, dieser kleine Lüstling
(= wilful) cruelty, destruction → mutwillig; disregard, negligence → sträflich, völlig unverantwortlich; waste → sträflich, kriminell (inf); to spend money with wanton extravagance → Geld mit sträflichem Leichtsinn ausgeben; decorated with wanton extravagance → üppig und verschwenderisch eingerichtet
n (old: = immoral woman) → Dirne f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
wanton
[ˈwɒntən] adj (wilful) → gratuito/a, ingiustificato/a; (shameless, woman) → scostumato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
wanton
(ˈwontən) adjective1. without reason; motiveless. wanton cruelty; the wanton destruction of property.
2. (of a person) immoral. wanton young women.
ˈwantonly adverbˈwantonness noun
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