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wanton

noun

1 wanton

Lewd or lascivious woman.

Roget 962: libertine; voluptuary etc. 954.1; rake, debauchee, loose fish, rip, rakehell, fast man; intrigant, gallant, seducer, fornicator, ... show more

verb

1 wanton

Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently.

synonyms: piddle, piddle away, trifle, wanton away.

Roget 840: amuse, entertain, divert, enliven; tickle the fancy; titillate, raise a smile, put in good humor; cause laughter, create laughter, occasion laughter, raise laughter, excite laughter, produce laughter, ... show more

Roget 639: be sufficient etc. adj.; suffice, do, just do, satisfy, pass muster; have enough etc. n.; eat.    one's fill, ... show more

Dutch: beuzelen

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.

synonym: luxuriate.

5 wanton

Engage in amorous play.

6 wanton

Behave extremely cruelly and brutally.

adjective

1 wanton

Occurring without motivation or provocation.

synonyms: motiveless, unprovoked.

Roget 863: rash, incautious, indiscreet; imprudent, improvident, temerarious; uncalculating; heedless; careless etc. (neglectful) 460; without ballast, heels over head, ... show more

Roget 608: capricious; erratic, eccentric, fitful, hysterical; full of whims etc. n.; maggoty; inconsistent, fanciful, fantastic, whimsical, crotchety, ... show more

Roget 83: uncomformable, exceptional; abnormal, abnormous; anomalous, anomalistic; out of order, out of place, out of keeping, out of tune, out of one's element; irregular, arbitrary; teratogenic; ... show more

2 wanton

Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior:
— Wanton behavior.

synonyms: easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish.

Roget 748: free, free as air; out of harness, independent, at large, loose, scot-free; left alone, left to oneself.    in full swing; uncaught, unconstrained, unbuttoned, unconfined, ... show more

Roget 961: impure; unclean etc. (dirty) 653; not to be mentioned to ears polite; immodest, shameless; indecorous, indelicate, indecent; Fescennine; loose, ... show more

Polish: rozwiązły, lubieżny, rozpustny


Moby thesaurus: Adamic, Casanova, Don Juan, Jezebel, Lothario, Paphian, abandoned, accident-prone, adrift, afloat, alternating, amorphous, arbitrary, backsliding, bad woman, baggage, bat, baton, be promiscuous, bill and coo ... show more.

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