Definitions of Wanton [ˈwɒn tn]

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Definition of 'Wanton'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) wanton
done maliciously or unjustifiably:
wanton cruelty.

2.  wanton
deliberate and without motive; unprovoked:
a wanton attack.

3.  wanton
without regard for what is right, just, etc.; reckless:
wanton assassination of a person's character.

4.  wanton
sexually unrestrained; lascivious; lewd:
wanton behavior.

5.  wanton
extravagant or excessive:
living in wanton luxury.

6.  wanton
luxuriant, as vegetation.

7.  wanton
Archaic.

8.  wanton
sportive or frolicsome, as children or young animals.

9.  wanton
having free play:
wanton breezes.

10.  wanton
cruelly playful; mischievous:
wanton schoolboys.

11. (n.) wanton
a wanton or lascivious person, esp. a woman.

12. (v.i.) wanton
to behave in a wanton manner.

13. (v.t.) wanton
to squander (often fol. by away):
to wanton away one's inheritance.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME wantowen lit., undisciplined, ill-reared, OE wan- not +togen ptp. of tēon to discipline, rear, c. G ziehen, L dūcere to lead; akin to tow¹)

Definition of 'Wanton'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) wanton
lewd or lascivious woman

2. (adj) motiveless, unprovoked, wanton
occurring without motivation or provocation
"motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt

3. (verb) easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton
casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
"her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"

4. (verb) piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle
waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently

5. (verb) wanton
indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life

6. (verb) wanton, wanton away, trifle away
spend wastefully
"wanton one's money away"

7. (verb) luxuriate, wanton
become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously

8. (verb) wanton
engage in amorous play

9. (verb) wanton
behave extremely cruelly and brutally

Definition of 'Wanton'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Wanton
a roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment

2. (noun) Wanton
one brought up without restraint; a pampered pet

3. (noun) Wanton
a lewd person; a lascivious man or woman

4. (verb) Wanton
untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive

5. (verb) Wanton
wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute

6. (verb) Wanton
specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous

7. (verb) Wanton
reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief

8. (verb) Wanton
to rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic

9. (verb) Wanton
to sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously

10. (verb) Wanton
to cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness

Translation of 'Wanton'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: without reason; motiveless wanton cruelty; the wanton destruction of property.
Afrikaans: roekeloos, moedswillig	Arabic: طائِش، مُتَهَوِّر،جائِر،	Bulgarian: безпричинен
Brazilian: injustificado	Czech: svévolný	German: mutwillig
Danish: formålsløs	Greek: αναίτιος, κακόβουλος	Spanish: sin motivo, injustificado
Estonian: põhjendamatu	Farsi: بي دليل	Finnish: mielivaltainen
French: gratuit	Hebrew: זְדוֹנִי	Hindi: चंचल
Croatian: besciljan, samovoljan	Hungarian: értelmetlen	Indonesian: tanpa alasan
Icelandic: ástæðulaus	Italian: gratuito, arbitrario	Japanese: 勝手気ままな
Korean: 부당한, 주제넘은	Lithuanian: beprasmiškas, nesuprantam	Latvian: neprātīgs; bezjēdzīgs; be
Malay: sewenang-wenangnya	Dutch: moedwillig	Norwegian: formålsløs, umotivert
Polish: bezsensowny	Portuguese: injustificado	Romanian: nejustificat; fără motiv
Russian: бессмысленный	Slovak: svojvoľný, bezdôvodný	Slovenian: objesten
Serbian: nepotreban	Swedish: meningslös, omotiverad	Thai: ซึ่งไม่มีเหตุผลหรือเป้าหม
Turkish: nedensiz	Taiwanese: 無理的，蠻橫地	Ukrainian: безпричинний; свавільний
Urdu: بے وجہ	Vietnamese: ngang ngạnh	Chinese: 无理的
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