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The synonyms of “Wanton” are: motiveless, unprovoked, easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, deliberate, wilful, malicious, malevolent, spiteful, vicious, wicked, evil, cruel, licentious, immoral, immodest, indecent, shameless, unblushing, unchaste, unvirtuous, impure, abandoned, lustful, lecherous, lascivious, salacious, lubricious, libidinous, libertine, profligate, dissolute, dissipated, debauched, degenerate, reprobate, corrupt, sinful, capricious, playful, frisky, jolly, lively, full of life, high-spirited, spirited, careless, heedless, impulsive, impetuous, rash, reckless, audacious, cavalier, happy-go-lucky, trifle away, wanton away, luxuriate, piddle, trifle
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “wanton” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| luxuriate | Become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously. She was luxuriating in a long bath. |
| piddle | Urinate. |
| trifle | Waste time; spend one’s time idly or inefficiently. He is not a man to be trifled with. |
| trifle away | Waste time; spend one’s time idly or inefficiently. |
| wanton away | Indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “wanton” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| abandoned | Free from constraint- Liam O’Flaherty. An abandoned car. |
| audacious | Invulnerable to fear or intimidation. Audacious explorers. |
| capricious | Changeable. Authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious. |
| careless | Not giving sufficient attention or thought to avoiding harm or errors. Careless proofreading. |
| cavalier | Showing a lack of proper concern; offhand. Anne was irritated by his cavalier attitude. |
| corrupt | Not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive. Spoke a corrupted version of the language. |
| cruel | Wilfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it. A cruel remark. |
| debauched | Unrestrained by convention or morality. A debauched lifestyle. |
| degenerate | (of a type of equation, curve, etc.) equivalent to a simpler type, especially when a variable or parameter is set to zero. Degenerate offshoots from the main line of vertebrate progress. |
| deliberate | Characterized by conscious design or purpose. A deliberate attempt to provoke conflict. |
| dissipated | (of a person or way of life) overindulging in sensual pleasures. Deplorably dissipated and degraded. |
| dissolute | Unrestrained by convention or morality. Unfortunately his heir was feckless and dissolute. |
| easy | Free from worry or anxiety. Her reputation at school for being easy. |
| evil | Of a force or spirit embodying or associated with the forces of the devil. His evil deeds. |
| frisky | Playful like a lively kitten. He bounds about like a frisky pup. |
| full of life | Being at a peak or culminating point. |
| happy-go-lucky | Occurring by chance. |
| heedless | Marked by or paying little heed or attention. The heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes. |
| high-spirited | Joyously unrestrained. |
| immodest | Lacking humility or decency. TV shows full of immodest language. |
| immoral | Not conforming to accepted standards of morality. They considered colonialism immoral. |
| impetuous | Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; (`brainish’ is archaic. She might live to rue this impetuous decision. |
| impulsive | Proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus. He regretted his impulsive offer. |
| impure | Having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws. Groups seen as impure included those possessed by demons. |
| indecent | Not conforming with generally accepted standards of behaviour, especially in relation to sexual matters. A bathing suit considered indecent by local standards. |
| jolly | Full of or showing high-spirited merriment- Wordsworth. The jolly crowd at the reunion. |
| lascivious | Feeling or revealing an overt sexual interest or desire. He gave her a lascivious wink. |
| lecherous | Having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire. She ignored his lecherous gaze. |
| libertine | Characterized by free indulgence in sensual pleasures. His more libertine impulses. |
| libidinous | Showing excessive sexual drive; lustful. Libidinous orgies. |
| licentious | Disregarding accepted conventions, especially in grammar or literary style. Coarse and licentious men. |
| light | Having a considerable or sufficient amount of natural light not dark. Losing his job was no light matter. |
| lively | Full of spirit; full of life. This whole lively world. |
| loose | Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior. The fabric s loose weave. |
| lubricious | Smooth and slippery with oil or a similar substance. Eluding lubricious embraces. |
| lustful | Driven by lust preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires. Lustful glances. |
| malevolent | Having or exerting a malignant influence. The glint of dark malevolent eyes. |
| malicious | Having the nature of or resulting from malice. He was found guilty of malicious damage. |
| motiveless | Occurring without motivation or provocation- F.D.Roosevelt. Motiveless malignity. |
| playful | Giving or expressing pleasure and amusement. He gave me a playful punch on the arm. |
| profligate | Licentious; dissolute. He succumbed to drink and a profligate lifestyle. |
| promiscuous | Not selective of a single class or person. Promiscuous teenagers. |
| rash | Imprudently incurring risk- George Meredith. It would be extremely rash to make such an assumption. |
| reckless | Characterized by careless unconcern- Edith Wharton. Reckless driving. |
| reprobate | Unprincipled. Reprobate behaviour. |
| salacious | Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness. Salacious limericks. |
| shameless | (of a person or their conduct) characterized by or showing a lack of shame; barefaced or brazen. His shameless hypocrisy. |
| sinful | Highly reprehensible. Sinful men. |
| sluttish | (with reference to a woman) behaving in a sexually promiscuous or provocative manner. She may be viewed as sluttish for her choice of dress. |
| spirited | Made lively or spirited. A spirited debate. |
| spiteful | Showing or caused by malice. A truly spiteful child. |
| unblushing | Not feeling or showing embarrassment or shame. A comedy of manners encased in the most unblushing melodrama. |
| unchaste | Relating to or engaging in sexual activity, especially of an illicit or extramarital nature. Unchaste conduct. |
| unprovoked | Occurring without motivation or provocation- F.D.Roosevelt. An unprovoked attack on an innocent man. |
| unvirtuous | Not having or showing high moral standards. If our actions are unvirtuous the results will be negative. |
| vicious | Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure. Vicious kicks. |
| wicked | Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. Despite the sun the wind outside was wicked. |
| wilful | Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition. A spoiled wilful child. |
| attack | Launch an attack or assault on begin hostilities or start warfare with. He was killed in an attack on a checkpoint. |
| cruelty | The quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance. She divorced my stepfather for persistent cruelty. |
| extravagant | Unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings. Extravagant praise. |
| foolhardy | Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences. It would be foolhardy to go into the scheme without support. |
| foolish | Devoid of good sense or judgment. He was foolish enough to confide in her. |
| hostile | Of or belonging to a military enemy. A hostile nation. |
| improvident | Not provident; not providing for the future. Improvident and undisciplined behaviour. |
| imprudent | Not prudent or wise- A.M.Schlesinger. Very imprudent of her mother to encourage her in such silly romantic ideas. |
| inadvisable | Likely to have unfortunate consequences; unwise. An unnecessary and inadvisable action. |
| indiscreet | Having, showing, or proceeding from too great a readiness to reveal things that should remain private or secret. Her behavior was indiscreet at the very best. |
| injudicious | Showing very poor judgement; unwise. The result of an injudicious decision. |
| insensate | Lacking sympathy or compassion; unfeeling. Insentient or insensate stone. |
| irrepressible | Not able to be controlled or restrained. An irrepressible chatterbox. |
| lavish | Expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns. Lavish praise. |
| lechery | Unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity. The vice of lechery. |
| lewd | Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness. Lewd pictures. |
| libidinous | Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires. Libidinous orgies. |
| prodigal | A person who leaves home to lead a prodigal life but later makes a repentant return. Prodigal habits die hard. |
| reckless | Characterized by careless unconcern- Edith Wharton. Became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans. |
| senseless | Lacking common sense; wildly foolish. The latch was too tight for his stiff and senseless fingers. |
| silly | A foolish person (often used as a form of address. He often drank himself silly. |
| uncontrollable | Incapable of being controlled. Her brother had an uncontrollable temper. |
| unprovoked | Occurring without motivation or provocation. An unprovoked attack on an innocent man. |
| unrestrained | Not restrained or restricted. A display of unrestrained delight. |
| unwise | Not appropriate to the purpose. An unwise investor is soon impoverished. |
| vehement | Characterized by great force or energy. A vehement defense. |
| violence | Strength of emotion or of a destructive natural force. The storm s violence. |
| violent | Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions inclined to react violently fervid. The violent eruption killed 1 700 people. |
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