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wanton   (TTS Sound)

The noun wanton has 1 sense

• wanton -- (lewd or lascivious woman)

The verb wanton has 6 senses

• piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle -- (waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently)


• wanton -- (indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life)


• wanton, wanton away, trifle away -- (spend wastefully; "wanton one's money away")


• luxuriate, wanton -- (become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously)


• wanton -- (engage in amorous play)


• wanton -- (behave extremely cruelly and brutally)

The adj wanton has 2 senses

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


• 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")