Definitions for wanton

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wanton wan·ton

Spelling: [won-tn]

IPA: /ˈwɒn tn/

Wanton is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in wanton (annotw).

Definitions for wanton

noun

1. a wanton or lascivious person, especially a woman.

adjective

1. done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably:
2. deliberate and without motive or provocation; uncalled-for; headstrong; willful:
3. without regard for what is right, just, humane, etc.; careless; reckless:
4. sexually lawless or unrestrained; loose; lascivious; lewd:
5. extravagantly or excessively luxurious, as a person, manner of living, or style.
6. luxuriant, as vegetation.
7. Archaic. sportive or frolicsome, as children or young animals. having free play:

verb (used with object)

1. to squander, especially in pleasure (often followed by away):

verb (used without object)

1. to behave in a wanton manner; become wanton.

Origin of wanton

1250-1300; Middle English wantowen literally, undisciplined, ill-reared, Old English wan- not + togen past participle of tēon to discipline, rear, cognate with German ziehen, Latin dūcere to

Examples for wanton

But I wad sing on wanton wing, When youthfu' May its bloom renew'd.

How could I have imagined that a young noble would be grateful, or a wanton true?

This language is wanton cruelty,—it is fiendish insult,—is it not, Evelyn?

No huge tax cuts for the rich; no repeal of Obamacare; no opposition to same-sex marriage; no wanton unilateralism; and so on.

His story is largely devoid of wanton violence and gratuitous sex.

Wherefore a man ought not to play the wanton, but should learn in season.

Over a decade, his teaching often took place in an atmosphere of what one cadet called “wanton disrespect.”

The new movie Pacific Rim has brought robots bursting back into our collective consciousness like wanton property damage.

Lind ruled that evidence that al Qaeda had obtained information via WikiLeaks was also relevant to proving “wanton publication.”

Faithful had been assailed by 'wanton,' and had been obliged to fly from her.