wanton

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wanton

A child's wanton disregard for the rules led to a messy art project.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Promiscuous or sexually unrestrained: Describes a person, especially a woman, who engages in casual sexual relationships without restraint or moral regard.
    • Deliberately cruel and unprovoked: Refers to actions, especially violence or destruction, that are done without reason, motive, or justification.
    • Playful or capricious: Describes something that is lively, frolicsome, or done in a carefree, often irresponsible, manner.
    • Luxuriant or profuse in growth: Used to describe vegetation that is growing in an abundant, lush, and uncontrolled way.

  2. Noun:

    • A lewd or sexually promiscuous person: Historically and often pejoratively, a person, typically a woman, who is considered sexually immoral or unchaste.

  3. Verb:

    • To behave in a sexually unrestrained or promiscuous way.
    • To engage in cruel and brutal behavior without reason.
    • To waste something in a reckless or extravagant manner.
    • To play or frolic in a carefree, capricious way.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • The novel's antagonist was a wanton seducer. (Describing promiscuous behavior)
    • The soldiers were accused of wanton destruction of civilian property. (Describing unprovoked cruelty)
    • The kitten batted at the string in a wanton manner. (Describing playful, carefree action)
    • The garden was a tangle of wanton growth after the rainy season. (Describing lush vegetation)

  • Noun:

    • The moralistic play condemned her as a wanton. (Referring to a promiscuous woman)

  • Verb:

    • He was known to wanton with many lovers. (Behaving promiscuously)
    • The tyrant would wanton in his cruelty. (Engaging in brutal behavior)
    • The heir wantoned away his entire fortune on frivolities. (Wasting resources extravagantly)
    • The breeze wantoned through the tall grass. (Moving playfully)
Advanced Usage

  • "Wanton disregard": A phrase indicating a complete and reckless lack of care or consideration for rules, safety, or consequences.

    • The company showed a wanton disregard for environmental regulations.

  • "Wanton extravagance": Refers to excessive and irresponsible spending or luxury.

    • The feast was an exercise in wanton extravagance.
Variants and Related Words

  • Wantonly (adverb): In a wanton manner.

    • The property was wantonly vandalized.

  • Wantonness (noun): The quality or state of being wanton.

    • The wantonness of the attack shocked the community.
Synonyms
  • Adjective (Promiscuous): Lewd, licentious, unchaste, dissolute.
  • Adjective (Cruel): Unprovoked, gratuitous, malicious, brutal.
  • Adjective (Playful): Frolicsome, capricious, mischievous.
  • Verb (Waste): Squander, dissipate, fritter away.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions
  • Wanton away: To waste or spend something (especially time or money) carelessly and extravagantly.
    • He wantoned away his youth in pursuit of pleasure.
Related Idioms
  • "Play the wanton": To act in a promiscuous or morally loose manner (archaic/literary).
    • In the story, she was accused of choosing to play the wanton.
wanton

A child's wanton disregard for the rules led to a messy art project.

Adjective
  1. casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
    • her easy virtue
    • he was told to avoid loose (or light) women
    • wanton behavior
  2. occurring without motivation or provocation
    • motiveless malignity
    • unprovoked and dastardly attack- F.D.Roosevelt
Noun
  1. lewd or lascivious woman
Verb
  1. behave extremely cruelly and brutally
  2. engage in amorous play
  3. become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
  4. spend wastefully
    • wanton one's money away
  5. indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life
  6. waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently

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