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1. | Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. | |
2. | Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute. | |
3. | Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous. | |
4. | Reckless; heedless; | |
n. | 1. | A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; - used rarely as a term of endearment. |
2. | One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet. | |
3. | A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman. | |
v. i. | 1. | To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic. |
2. | To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously. | |
v. t. | 1. | To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness. |
Noun | 1. | wanton - lewd or lascivious woman |
Verb | 1. | wanton - waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently |
2. | wanton - indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life | |
3. | wanton - spend wastefully; "wanton one's money away" Synonyms: trifle away, wanton away | |
4. | wanton - become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously Synonyms: luxuriate | |
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.Roosevelt Synonyms: motiveless, unprovoked |
2. | wanton - casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior" |