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UK
/wˈɒntən/
]
[ US /ˈwɑntən, ˈwɔntən/ ]
[ US /ˈwɑntən, ˈwɔntən/ ]
VERB
- behave extremely cruelly and brutally
- indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life
- engage in amorous play
- waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
- become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
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spend wastefully
wanton one's money away
NOUN
- lewd or lascivious woman
ADJECTIVE
-
occurring without motivation or provocation
unprovoked and dastardly attack
motiveless malignity -
casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
he was told to avoid loose (or light) women
her easy virtue
wanton behavior
How To Use wanton In A Sentence
- Jackson and Lee continued to preside over the wanton slaughter of men, women and children to defend the rights of freedom for white Virginians while supporting the slavery of black Virginians, among others.
- A City priest vowed yesterday that he is no longer willing to turn the other cheek and tolerate the repeated acts of wanton vandalism to the windows of the presbytery which is also his home.
- The later patriarchal cultures denounced them as immoral and wanton.
- The sun set about ten o'clock, and Lady Clare and Shag greeted its last departing rays with a whinny, accompanied by a wanton kickup from the rear -- for whatever Boyhood in Norway
- As for the other, he is a model of wantonness and scurrilousness and a blackener of the face of hoariness; his dye acteth the foulest of lies: and the tongue of his case reciteth these lines, [FN#464] 'Quoth she to me,' I see thou dy'st thy hoariness; 'and I,' I do but hide it from thy sight, O thou mine ear and eye! ' Arabian nights. English
- A football match gives no excuse for wanton violence. The Sun
- Suffice to say that BECAUSE we can sue employers for injuries and harassment at work, they're not in a position to take wanton liberties with the employees who generate their profits.
- In short, these kind of hairbreadth missings of happiness look like the insults of Fortune, who may be considered as thus playing tricks with us, and wantonly diverting herself at our expense. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- The Catholic commission said Sunday it compiled what it called credible witness reports of "systematic violence in the form of assaults, murders, torture, abductions and wanton destruction of property against innocent civilians whose alleged crime is to have voted wrongly. ANC Daily News Briefing
- And whether you visit Nadine Dorries MP's blog of wanton barminess here or otherwise here where "here" and "here" are at one and the some place you will find that her parliamentary blogcullis is gone. The Dorries Sensation: Gazillion Hits, Official