'Wanton' definitions:

Definition of 'wanton'

From: WordNet
adjective
Occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt [syn: motiveless, unprovoked, wanton]
adjective
Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior" [syn: easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton]
noun
Lewd or lascivious woman
verb
Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently [syn: piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle]
verb
Indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life
verb
Spend wastefully; "wanton one's money away" [syn: wanton, wanton away, trifle away]
verb
Become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously [syn: luxuriate, wanton]
verb
Engage in amorous play
verb
Behave extremely cruelly and brutally

Definition of 'Wanton'

From: GCIDE
  • Wanton \Wan"ton\, n.
  • 1. A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment. [1913 Webster]
  • I am afeard you make a wanton of me. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Peace, my wantons; he will do More than you can aim unto. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet. [1913 Webster]
  • Anything, sir, That's dry and wholesome; I am no bred wanton. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Wanton'

From: GCIDE
  • Wanton \Wan"ton\, a. [OE. wantoun, contr. from wantowen; pref. wan- wanting (see Wane, v. i.), hence expressing negation + towen, p. p., AS. togen, p. p. of te['o]n to draw, to educate, bring up; hence, properly, ill bred. See Tug, v. t.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. "In woods and wanton wilderness." --Spenser. "A wild and wanton herd." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • A wanton and a merry [friar]. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • [She] her unadorned golden tresses wore Disheveled, but in wanton ringlets waved. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • How does your tongue grow wanton in her praise! --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute. "Men grown wanton by prosperity." --Roscommon. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous. [1913 Webster]
  • Not with wanton looking of folly. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • [Thou art] froward by nature, enemy to peace, Lascivious, wanton. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Wanton'

From: GCIDE
  • Wanton \Wan"ton\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wantoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Wantoning.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic. [1913 Webster]
  • Nature here wantoned as in her prime. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • How merrily we would sally into the fields, and strip under the first warmth of the sun, and wanton like young dace in the streams! --Lamb. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Wanton'

From: GCIDE
  • Wanton \Wan"ton\, v. t. To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'wanton'

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