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Definition
of something considered bad: excessive, thoughtless indulgence — such as waste, cruelty, violence, and (especially in the past) sexual promiscuityIn classic literature, wanton can also describe people who are playful or plants that are growing profusely.
- She is known for wanton behavior.
wanton = excessive, thoughtless indulgence — such as waste, cruelty, violence, and especially sexual promiscuity
- The ability to see beauty is the beginning of our moral sensibility. What we believe is beautiful we will not wantonly destroy.Reverend Sean Parker Dennison
- A little wanton money, which burned out the bottom of his purse.Sir Thomas More
- I care not for those ladies that must be wooed and prayed. Give me kind Amaryllis, the wanton country-maid.le Gallienne, Richard -- The Quest of the Golden Girl
- -all wantonly raiding a great man's flocks, dishonoring his queen, because they thought he'd come no more.Homer -- The Odyssey
- As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World
- If you find her a wanton killer you must bring in a verdict of first degree murder.Zora Neale Hurston -- Their Eyes Were Watching God
- He had swept it out of existence, as it seemed, without any provocation, as a boy might crush an ant hill, in the mere wantonness of power.H.G. Wells -- The War of the Worlds
- So much misconstrued in his wantonness.William Shakespeare -- Henry IV, Part 1
- They got back into the truck and continued the patrol, past the Hickey house, empty, door open, windows wantonly smashed.Pat Frank -- Alas, Babylon
- ...elders of the church have whispered wanton words to the young maids of their households;Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Young Goodman Brown
- Henceforth, do what thou wilt; I rather will suspect the sun with cold Than thee with wantonness:William Shakespeare -- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- some wanton charm upon this man and maidWilliam Shakespeare -- The Tempest
- And wantonly again with him she play'd,Geoffrey Chaucer -- The Canterbury Tales
- As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods,— They kill us for their sport.William Shakespeare -- King Lear
- Not to be married,
Not to knit my soul to an approved wanton.William Shakespeare -- Much Ado About Nothing - every idle, nice and wanton reasonWilliam Shakespeare -- Henry IV, Part 2
- Made prize and purchase of his wanton eye,William Shakespeare -- The Life and Death of King Richard III
- The count he woos your daughter
Lays down his wanton siege before her beautyWilliam Shakespeare -- All's Well That Ends Well - They that dally nicely with words may quickly make them wanton.William Shakespeare -- Twelfth Night
wantonly = deliberately and in a bad way
wanton = of something considered bad: excessive, thoughtless indulgence — such as cruelty or violence
wanton = excessively bad (intentional and unprovoked)
wantonness = something excessively bad
wantonness = recklessness (thoughtless indulgence)
wantonly = in a bad (thoughtlessly violent and wasteful) manner
wanton = improper sexually suggestive
wantonness = of something considered bad: excessive, thoughtless indulgence — such as waste, cruelty, violence, and (especially in the past) sexual promiscuity
wanton = of something considered bad: excessive, thoughtless indulgence — such as waste, cruelty, violence, and (especially in the past) sexual promiscuity
wantonly = in an inappropriate sexual manner
wanton = considered bad
wanton = sexually promiscuous woman
wanton = of something considered bad
wanton = sexually promiscuous
wanton = of something considered bad: excessive, thoughtless indulgence — such as waste, cruelty, violence, and (especially in the past) sexual promiscuity
wanton = something bad