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Wanton

Definition: Wanton

Wanton

Adjective

1. Occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt.

2. Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior".

Noun

1. Lewd or lascivious woman.

Verb

1. Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently.

2. Indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life.

3. Spend wastefully; "wanton one's money away".

4. Become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously.

5. Engage in amorous play.

6. Behave extremely cruelly and brutally.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "wanton" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

 

Synonyms: Wanton

Synonyms: easy (adj), light (adj), loose (adj), motiveless (adj), promiscuous (adj), sluttish (adj), unprovoked (adj), luxuriate (v), piddle (v), piddle away (v), trifle (v), trifle away (v), wanton away (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Wanton

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Amusement

Toy, plaything, bauble; doll; (puppet ); teetotum; knickknack; (trifle); magic lantern; (show); peep show, puppet show, raree show, gallanty show; toy shop; "quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks and wreathed smiles".

Amuse oneself, game; play a game, play pranks, play tricks; sport, disport, toy, wanton, revel, junket, feast, carouse, banquet, make merry, drown care; drive dull care away; frolic, gambol, frisk, romp; caper; dance; (leap); keep up the ball; run a rig, sow one's wild oats, have one's fling, take one's pleasure; paint the town red; see life; desipere in loco, play the fool.

Caprice

Adjective: capricious; erratic, eccentric, fitful, hysterical; full of whims; Noun: maggoty; inconsistent, fanciful, fantastic, whimsical, crotchety, kinky, particular, humorsome, freakish, skittish, wanton, wayward; contrary; captious; arbitrary; unconformable; penny wise and pound foolish; fickle; (irresolute); frivolous, sleeveless, giddy, volatile.

Freedom

Free and easy; at ease, at one's ease; degage, quite at home; wanton, rampant, irrepressible, unvanquished.

Impurity

Unchaste, light, wanton, licentious, debauched, dissolute; of loose character, of easy virtue; frail, gay, riggish, incontinent, meretricious, rakish, gallant, dissipated; no better than she should be; on the town, on the streets, on the pave, on the loose.

Libertine

Adulteress, advoutress, courtesan, prostitute, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie; woman, woman of the town; streetwalker, Cyprian, miss, piece; frail sisterhood; demirep, wench, trollop, trull, baggage, hussy, drab, bitch, jade, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, minx, harridan; unfortunate, unfortunate female, unfortunate woman; woman of easy virtue; (unchaste); wanton, fornicatress; Jezebel, Messalina, Delilah, Thais, Phryne, Aspasia, Lais, lorette, cocotte, petite dame, grisette; demimonde; chippy; sapphist; spiritual wife; white slave.

Rashness

Adjective: rash, incautious, indiscreet; imprudent, improvident, temerarious; uncalculating; heedless; careless; (neglectful); without ballast, heels over head, head over heels; giddy; (inattentive); wanton, reckless, wild, madcap; desperate, devil-may-care.

Sufficiency

Verb: be sufficient; Adjective:; suffice, do, just do, satisfy, pass muster; have enough; Noun: eat. one's fill, drink one's fill, have one's fill; roll in, swim in; wallow in; (superabundance) ; wanton.

Unconformity

Adjective: uncomformable, exceptional; abnormal, abnormous; anomalous, anomalistic; out of order, out of place, out of keeping, out of tune, out of one's element; irregular, arbitrary; teratogenic; lawless, informal, aberrant, stray, wandering, wanton; peculiar, exclusive, unnatural, eccentric, egregious; out of the beaten track, off the beaten track, out of the common, out of the common run; beyond the pale of, out of the pale of; misplaced; funny.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Wanton

English words defined with "wanton": Amoret, AmorosaBona robaCadgyFlirtigig, FriskerGat-toothed, Giglet, Giglot, GillianhooliganismJill-flirtLubrical, Ludibriousmalicious mischief, Malicious prosecution, mass murder, massacrePetulcous, Playsome, provocativeRiggishSmicker, Sportful, SybariticalTo have a colt's tooth, Tomrig, Toyish, ToysomevandalismWantoned, Wantoning, Wantonize, wantonly. (references)
Specialty definitions using "wanton": Annie LaurieBarnwell, BombaCossack, Covetous ManDevilHatchetMilesian StoryPhædria, Pursy, PursinessROMPVivienWORMS. (references)
Etymologies containing "wanton": Wantrust. (references)

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Modern Usage: Wanton

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Movie/TV Titles

Wanton Sinner (1988)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Wanton

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Books

  

Music

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Photo Album: Wanton

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The racist dog policemen must withdraw immediately from our communities, cease their wanton murder and brutality ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Wanton

AuthorQuotation

Francis Bacon

Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it.

Marquis De Sade

Woman's destiny is to be wanton, like the bitch, the she-wolf; she must belong to all who claim her.

Sir Thomas More

A little wanton money, which burned out the bottom of his purse.

William Shakespeare

As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; They kill us for their sport.
The teeming Autumn big with rich increase, bearing the wanton burden of the prime like widowed wombs after their lords decease.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Wanton

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Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

WORMS'-:MEAT:, n. The finished product of which we are the raw material. The contents of the Taj Mahal, the Tombeau Napoleon and the Granitarium. Worms'-meat is usually outlasted by the structure that houses it, but "this too must pass away." Probably the silliest work in which a human being can engage is construction of a tomb for himself. The solemn purpose cannot dignify, but only accentuates by contrast the foreknown futility. Ambitious fool! so mad to be a show! How profitless the labor you bestow Upon a dwelling whose magnificence The tenant neither can admire nor know. Build deep, build high, build massive as you can, The wanton grass-roots will defeat the plan By shouldering asunder all the stones In what to you would be a moment's span. Time to the dead so all unreckoned flies That when your marble is all dust, arise, If wakened, stretch your limbs and yawn -- You'll think you scarcely can have closed your eyes. What though of all man's works your tomb alone Should stand till Time himself be overthrown? Would it advantage you to dwell therein Forever as a stain upon a stone? Joel Huck

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Wanton

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George Washington

1789-1797The Chickamaugas, aided by some banditti of another tribe in their vicinity, have recently perpetrated wanton and unprovoked hostilities upon the citizens of the United States in that quarter.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Wanton

"Wanton" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.47% of the time. "Wanton" is used about 131 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)98.47%12928,132
Noun (singular)1.53%2245,945
                    Total100.00%131N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Wanton

Expressions using "wanton": wanton away wanton breeze wanton child wanton negligence wanton woman. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Wanton

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

wanton wife

296

farrah wanton wife

57

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35

wanton woman

13

farrah wanton

12

wanton wife.com

7

pic wanton wife

7

family wanton

5

photography wanton

5

soup wanton

4

tasty wanton

4

henry jones wanton

3

farrah gallery wanton

3

farrah gallery pic wanton

3

endangerment wanton

3

com wanton wife

3

farrah pic wanton wife

3

as join wanton wife

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gallery wanton wife

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Modern Translation: Wanton

Language Translations for "wanton"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

tekanjoz (capricious, faddish, faddy, freakish, temperamental, wayward, whimsical), me trille (flighty), i shpejtë (agile, arrowy, brisk, dashing, expedite, expeditious, express, fast, fleet, fleet of foot, fleet-footed, fleeting, flying, hasty, imminent, mercurial, prompt, quick, rapid, smart, spanking, speedy, swift, volant, winged, wing-footed), i pashkak (causeless, uncaused), i papërmbajtur (demonstrative, ebullient, effuse, effusive, fiery, gushing, harum scarum, hot-blooded, hot-headed, Hotspur, immoderate, incontinent, intemperate, jazz, jazzy, lawless, out of hand, rampageous, rampant, unchecked, unconscionable, uncontained, uncontrollable, unreserved, unrestrained, wild), i paarsyeshëm (arbitrary, daft, desperate, devil may care, gratuitous, headstrong, irrational, preposterous, unconscionable, unreasonable), i kotë (feckless, footling, futile, good for nothing, needless, otiose, pointless, unavailing, useless, vain, worthless). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فاسق (bawdy, debauched, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, don juan, fornicator, immoral, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libertine, licentious, light, lubricious, miscreant, obscene, philanderer, profligate, punk, raffish, rakish, scab, scarlet, slippery, unchaste, uninhibited), ‏فاجر (bawdy, dissipated, dissolute, lecher, libertine, licentious, obscene, obscenity, profligate, rake, rakish), ‏مفعم بالمرح, ‏مستهتر (careless, gay, heedless, inconsiderate, irresponsible, licentious, light minded, loiterer, pleasure-seeking, reckless, thoughtless, uninhibited, unrestrained), ‏مسرف (extravagant, improvident, intemperate, ladle, lavish, loud, prodigal, profligate, profuse, thriftless, towering, ultra, wasteful), ‏لعوب (coltish, dallying, frisky, frivolous, playful, prankish, skittish, sportive), ‏وحشي (atrocious, barbarian, barbarous, bestial, bloodthirsty, bloody, brutal, brute, brutish, cannibalistic, cruel, diabolic, diabolical, draconian, feral, fiendish, fierce, ill, inhuman, inhumane, insensate, remorseless, ruffian, savage, truculent, unfeeling, vicious, wild), ‏غاشم (brute, oppressive, tyrant), ‏طفل مدلل (pet), ‏خليع (dissipated, dissolute, lewd, libertine, licentious, profligate, rake, rakish, uninhibited), ‏جائر (inequitable, iniquitous, oppressive, unfair, unjust, unworthy, wrongful), ‏أسرف في الوحشية, ‏شهواني (amorous, carnal, erotic, instinctive, lascivious, lewd, libidinous, lickerish, lush, lustful, luxurious, passionate, randy, salacious, satyr, sensual, sensualist, sportive, sultry, voluptuary, voluptuous, warm), ‏داعر (bawdy, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, light, mean, naughty, obscene, obscenity, pornographic, raffish, salacious, scarlet, sensual). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

безсрамник, играя (act, dance, disport oneself, do, enact, lead, perform, play, present, represent, run about, shoot, sport, support, twitch, waver), пилея (lavish, overspend, potter away, scatter, skittle, slather, throw about, throw away, waste), пищен (baronial, exuberant, flamboyant, florid, gaudy, gingerbread, gorgeous, lavish, lordly, luscious, lush, luxuriant, opulent, palatial, pompous, profuse, rich, riotous, spectacular, splendid, theatrical, voluptuous), палав (impish, larky, mischievous, naughty, noisy, pixy, prankish, puppyish, rompy, troublesome), покварен (corrupt, depraved, gamy, godforsaken, graceless, obscene, peccant, scrofulous, vicious), произволен (excursive, fanciful, random, unwarranted, wildcat), пропилявам (fritter away, misspend, muddle away, riot away, run through, spend), игрив (blithe, coltish, frisky, frolic, frolicsome, gamesome, gay, jocose, kittenish, mischievous, monkeyish, pert, playful, skittish, sportful, sportive, tricksy), безпричинен (causeless, gratuitous, uncaused, ungrounded), разточителен (extravagant, improvident, lavish, luxurious, prodigal, profligate, profuse, spendthrift, sumptuous, superfluous, thriftless, uneconomic, unsparing, unthrifty, wasteful), богат (abounding, bounteous, fat, full, generous, halcyon, heavy, high, lordly, luxuriant, mellow, moneyed, opulent, plenteous, podded, pregnant, princely, prodigal, profuse, prolific, rank, rich, silk stocking, slap up, substantial, wealthy, well heeled, well off, well-fixed), буен (bacchanalian, blustery, catchy, ebullient, exuberant, furious, gross, high-spirited, hot, hot-blooded, hot-brained, hotheaded, impetuous, incandescent, jazz, jazzy, knockabout, lively, lush, luxuriant, obstreperous, opulent, phrenetic, prancing, profuse, proud, puffy, puppyish, rambunctious, rampant, rank, riotous, roaring, rough, rough and tumble, rousing, rude, rumbustious, spicy, spirited, sweeping, thick, torrential, tumultuous, turbulent, unchecked, ungovernable, unruly, untamed, vigorous, violent, zizzi), неоправдан (undue, unfounded, ungrounded, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted, wrongful), необуздан (bacchanal, hot, intractable, lawless, mad, obstreperous, orgiastic, phrenetic, rambunctious, rampageous, rampant, riotous, tearaway, unbounded, unbridled, unchecked, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unrestrained, unruled, vagrant, wild, zizzi), охолен (affluent, easy, opulent, warm, wealthy), разпуснат (dissolute, fast, free, gay, incontinent, lax, loose, profligate, raffish, rakish, self-abandoned, ungovernable, unregenerated, unsteady), развратник (debauchee, fornicator, goat, lecher, libertine, profligate, rep, roue, satyr, sport, whore master), разточител (spender, spendthrift, squanderer, waster), пъргав (active, agile, alert, alive, deft, elastic, lissom, lithesome, lively, nifty, nimble, nippy, pretty, prompt, quick, ready, resilient, sinuous, smart, snappy, spring, spry, versatile, volatile, warm, whippy, zippy). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(excessive, kinky, lewd, obscene), 恶意 (malicious). (various references)

   

Czech

  

svévolný (arbitrary, gratuitous, self-inflicted, wayward, wilful, willful), smyslný (carnal, earthly, Randy, sensual, sensuous, sultry, voluptuous), rozpustilý (boisterous, hoity toity, impish, mischievous, naughty, ribald, unruly), prostopášnice, prostopášný (debauched, dissolute, libidinous, licentious, loose, profligate, rakish), nemravný (dissolute, immoral, indecent, obscene, vicious), dovádìt (carry on, cavort, Frisk, gambol, play, romp, tittup), bujný (abundant, ample, coltish, Corky, exuberant, high-spirited, lush, luxuriant, rampant, rank, thick, voluminous), úmyslný (advised, calculated, conscious, deliberate, intended, intentional, prepense, purposeful, voluntary, wilful, willful). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

baldadig. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

tumultema, fipetola. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

گستاخ شدن , گستاخ (Arrogant, Barefaced, Bold, Boldface, Brash, Cheeky, Forward, Immodest, Impertinent, Impudent, Indecent, Insolent, Jaunty, Perky, Pert, Presumptuous, Rude, Unabashed, Unshaped(En)), حرف نشنو, سرکش (Disobedient, Indomitable, Inelastic, Insubordinate, Irrepressible, Malcontent, Malignant, Naughty, Random, Rebel, Rebellious, Recalcitrant, Refractory, Restive, Rowdy, Turbulent, Undaunted, Unruly, Unyielding), عیاش (Jovial, Pleasurable), خوشحال (Bouncy, Gay, Glad, Happy, Jolly, Merry, Sprightly), جسور (Adventurer, Bold, Boldface, Cocky, Defiant, Forward, Fresh, Hardy, Immodest, Insolent, Pert, Presuming, Presumptuous, Rude), افراطکردن (Lavish), شهوترانی کردن (Lecher), شرورشدن , بی ترتیب کردن (Derange, Disarrange, Untune), بازیگوش (Playful). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kevytmielinen (fast, frivolous, loose), kevytkenkäinen (fast, frivolous, loose). (various references)

   

French

  

vicieux, licencieux, libertin, injustifié, impudique, gratuit, femme légère, exubérant, dévergondé, capricieux, absurde. (various references)

   

German

  

mutwillig (airy-fairy, bratty, frolic, frolicsome, malicious, maliciously, mischievous, petulant, sportive, wantonly, willful), übermütig (airy-fairy, arrogant, cocky, frolic, frolicsome, haughty, high-spirited, hilarious, mischievous, petulant, playful, rollicking, skittish, skittishly), üppig (abundant, ample, elaborate, exuberant, fat, immensely rich, lavish, lavishly, luscious, lusciously, lush, luxuriant, luxuriantly, luxurious, opulent, profuse, profusely, rampant, rank, rich, rolling in money, sumptuous, sumptuously, thick, voluptuous, wantonly). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ιδιότροποσ (capricious, cranky, crotchety, faddy, fastidious, flighty, maggoty, pernickety, quirky, wayward, whimsical), φαύλοσ (corrupt, flagitious, nefarious, pervert, reprobate, scoundrelly, sinister, unrighteous, vicious, vile, villain, villainous, wicked), ακόλατοσ, αχαλίνωτοσ (rampant, unbridled, uncontrollable, uninhabited), οργιάζων. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

שובבי (impish, mischievous, naughty, puckish, rogue, roguish, sly, sportive, urchin), קפריסי (capricious, flighty, wayward, whimsical, whimsy), ז" (insolent, scoundrel, villain, wicked). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szeszélyes (be capricious, capricious, changeful, erratic, fanciful, fickle, fitful, freakish, have a little finger ache, have moods, kinky, maggoty, mercurial, moody, peevish, petulant, skittish, whimsical), ledér nő (fast woman), ledér (frivolous, lecherous), könnyelmû (dissolute, flighty, flyaway, frivolous, hoity toity, improvident, light minded, light-headed, rollicking, unwary), könnyelmű (flighty, frivolous, giddy, happy-go-lucky, improvident, light, rollicking, slap-dash, to lack ballast, wasteful), kéjenc (goat, lecher, rake, rakehell, satyr, sensual, voluptuary), játékos (gambler, ludicrous, man, men, player, playful, pone, scrub, sportful, sportive), indokolatlan (causeless, gratuitous, undue, unmotivated, unprovoked), felelőtlen (happy-go-lucky, irresponsible), féktelen (boisterous, impetuous, lawless, licentious, madcap, obstreperous, rambunctious, rampageous, robustic, towering, turbulent, unbounded, unbridled, unrestrained, unruled), buja (concupiscent, concupisible, erotic, exuberant, gross, immoral, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lickerish, luscious, lush, lustful, luxuriant, pornerastic, prurient, rampant, rich, salacious), önkényes (absolutistic, arbitrary, discretionary, high handed, peremptory). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

ceroboh (bum, careless, heady, reckless). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sfrenato (dissolute, unbridled, uncontrolled, unrestrained, unruly, wild), scatenato (rumbustious, wild), licenzioso (debauched, dissipated, dissolute, frolicsome, indecent, lawless, licentious, loose, obscene, profligate, raffish, ribald, riotous, rollicking, unchecked, undisciplined, unrestrained, wild). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

"っ葉 (vulgar), 浮気 (fickle, flighty, unfaithful), 水性 (aqueous, fluidity, water-based). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

うわき (fickle, flighty, unfaithful), みずしょう (fluidity), はすっぱ (vulgar). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

변덕스러운 (streaky). (various references)

   

Manx

  

rouanagh (immoral, lewd, profligate, rioter, riotous), gyn oyr (groundless, senseless, unduly, unfounded, without reason), gyn fa (for no reason), gimmanagh (debauched, salacious, smutty, unchaste), gaddeeagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

antonway.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

lânguido (drowsy, flabby, languid, languishing, listless), agir ousadamente, arbitrário (arbitrary, masterful, overbearing), atrevido (audacious, boastful, bold, cheeky, daring, gay, impertinent, insolent, malapert, pert, presumptuous, pushing, saucy, uppity, waspish), brincalhão (frisky, frolic, gamesome, jester, jesting, jocular, joker, joky, kittenish, larky, mischievous, playful, prankish, rollicking, sportful, sporting, sportive, tricksy, waggish), criança alegre, deliberado (advised, calculated, conscious, deliberate, designed, prepense, studied), devasso (bawdry, dissolute, free thinker, immoral, lecherous, lewd, libertine, loose, lothario, playboy, profligate, rakish, roue, salacious, wasteful), abundante (abundant, abundantly, ample, bounteous, chock-full, copious, flush, frequent, full, generous, large, lumping, numerous, opulent, philoprogenitive, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, profuse, prolific, rich, teeming, thick-set, unsparing), intencional (calculated, conscious, deliberate, designed, intended, intentional, pointed, prepense, purposeful, purposive, studied, wilful, willful), travesso (chaffy, elfish, elvish, frolic, mischievous, playful, prankish, tricksy, wheeler-dealer), lascivo (lascivious, lecherous, lewd, lubricous, prurient), libertino (free thinker, lascivious, lecherous, libertine, lothario, lovelace, playboy, profligate, raffish, rake, rakish, rep, ribald, rioter, roue, salacious, wasteful), luxuriante (lush, luxuriant, luxurious, opulent, rank), malicioso (arch, bland, catty, despiteful, devilish, evil-minded, guileful, malicious, mischievous, mordacious, nasty, parlous, pawky, piquant, puckish, salty, tricksy, vicious), pródigo (extravagant, large, lavish, prodigal, profuse, spendthrift, thriftless, unsparing, unthrifty), sensual (amative, bestial, boarish, brutish, carnal, concupiscent, epicurean, fleshly, goatish, high-sounding, incontinent, lascivious, lewd, libidinous, lubricous, lustful, sensual, sensuous, sexy, unreserved, voluptuous), temerário (chanceful, daredevil, daring, devil-may-care, foolhardy, overbold, reckless, temerarious, venturesome), injustificado (gratuitous, unworthy, wrongful). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

lasciv (lascivious, lecherous, lewd, lickerish, liquorish, prurient, Randy, salacious), copil neastâmpãrat (brat, wanton child), curtezanã (courtesan, tart), desfrânat (abandoned, bad, debauched, dissipated, dissolute, incontinent, lewd, lickerish, lustful, man of pleasure, meretricious, profligate, raffish, rake, rakish, reinless, reprobate, reveller, ribald, rioter, riotous, rip, ruttish, salacious, unchaste, unrestrained, unruly, whoremaster), desfrânatã, destrãbãlatã (tear), extravagant (cracked, crazy, eccentric, exaggerated, extravagant, fancy, lunatic, rampant, unreasonable, wildcat), exuberant (copious, ebullient, effusive, exuberant, gushing, rampant, rumbustious), femeie uşoarã (gay woman), furios (desperate, enraged, fiery, frantic, furious, high, hot-headed, howling, in anger, irate, ireful, like fury, mad, passionate, raging, rampageous, robust, scowling, storming, wild, wrathful), capricios (arbitrary, capricious, cranky, crotchety, difficult, fanciful, fancy, fantastic, fantastical, fickle, fitful, fractious, freakish, frolic, Froward, humoursome, peevish, perverse, vagarious, wayward, whimsical, whimsy), jucãuş (dancer, frolicsome, jocose, kittenish, lambent, playful, prankish, rolling, skittish), zgomotos (bacchanal, blusterous, boisterous, clamant, clamorous, loud, noisily, noisy, obstreperous, rampageous, Randy, rattling, resoundingly, riotous, robustious, roisterer, rowdy, rumbustious, tumultuous, uproarious, vociferous), nebunatic (devil may care, frisky, frolicsome, hoity toity, larky), pofticios (greedy, longing, wishful, wistful), poznaş (arch, elfish, funny, prankish, rogue, roguish, scapegrace, tricksy, tricky, wag, waggish, wit), sprinţar (sprightly), sprinten (agile, agilely, alive, fleet, fleet-footed, light footed, lightsome, lissom, lithe, lively, nimble, nimbly, nippy, quick, trippingly, wing-footed), spulberatic (fickle), stricatã (hussy, jade), vesel (blithe, blithesome, boon, breezy, bright, cheerful, cheerfully, cheery, chirpy, convivial, crank, debonair, elastic, feastful, festal, frisky, frolic, frolicsome, full-blooded, gaily, gamesome, gay, genial, glad, gladsome, gleeful, happy, hilarious, in full feather, in high feather, jauntily, jaunty, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyfully, joyous, lively, mellow, merry, mirthful, playful, pleasant, riant, saucy, sprightly, tails up), violent (acute, bad, boisterous, desperate, fiercely, furious, heady, heavy, high, high-spirited, impetuous, raging, rampageous, rampant, rankly, robust, rough, rowdy, rude, rugged, severe, sharp, splitting, strong, sudden, towering, truculent, ungovernable, vehement, violent, virulent), juca (act, dance, enact, frolic, gamble, gambol, game, hazard, interpret, perform, play, present, produce, put on, sport, stake, trifle). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

бессмысленный (blank, crack-brained, driftless, fatuous, headless, kill time, meaningless, mindless, nonsensial, nonsensical, pointless, senseless, unmeaning). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

riatach, mear (merry, playful, sportive). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

razuzdan (abandoned, lawless, licentious, outrageous, unbridled, uncurbed), rasipan (profuse, thriftless, wasteful), nemoralan (cankered, immoral, non moral, unprincipled, vicious), nemilosrdan (cruel, dispiteous, graceless, hardhearted, merciless, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, uncharitable, unmerciful), nečovečan (brutal, inhuman, unmanly). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

petulante (arrogant, hoity toity). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

yster (coltish, frisky, skittish, wild), lättsinnig (fickle, frivolous, giddy, irresponsible, light, light minded, light-headed, lightsome, naughty, sporty, thoghtless, trifling). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

serkeş (disobedient, disorderly, fractious, Froward, rebellious, rounder, strongheaded, unruly, wild), sebepsiz (causeless, gratis, gratuitous, groundless, innocent of reason, unprovoked, without any reason), oyunbaz (tricksy, wangler), maskara (antic, buffoon, butt, fool, jester, laughing stock, laughingstock, mascara, masquerader, mummer, zany), kendini eğlenceye vermek, kötü niyetli (baleful, gloating, ill disposed, ill-affected, ill-intentioned, malevolent, malicious, malignant, poisonous, sinister), hafif meşrep, düşüncesiz (blind, blindfold, brusque, careless, flighty, freewheeling, gauche, half-baked, headfirst, headforemost, headlong, heady, ill-advised, ill-judged, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, injudicious, mindless, out of turn, rash, reckless, slapdash, tactless, thoughtless, unadvised, unmindful, unreflecting, unthinking, without tact, witless), amaçsız (aimless, at an end, objectless, pointless, purposeless, vacuous, vagabond, without cause), aklına eseni yapan, ahlaksız (abandoned, characterless, corrupt, debauched, depraved, dirty, disorderly, dissolute, frail, ill, immoral, impure, libertine, loose, low down, mean, purple, rascal, rascally, rep, reprobate, unclean, uncleanly, unmoral, unprincipled, unregenerate, unscrupulous, vicious, wicked), aşırı çoğalmak (grow rife), çok gelişmek. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

розбещений (abandoned, bad, corrupt, debauched, degenerate, depraved, filthy, licentious, miscreant, spoilt, wild), розпусничати (philander, sleep around, whore, womanize), розпусниця (quean), розпущений (dissolute), щедрий (boon, bounteous, charitable, flush, free-handed, free-hearted, generous, handsome, munificent, open, open handed, prodigal, profuse, ungrudging), гратися (dandle, frolic, play, sport, toy), грайливий (arch, facetious, frisky, gamesome, jocose, kittenish, playful, playsome, skittish), насильничати, мінливий (capricious, changeable, changeful, chatoyant, chequered, choppy, floating, inconsistent, interchangeable, mutable, non-permanent, skittish, stayless, uncertain, vagrant, variable, varied, wavy, wayward), бурхливий (blusterous, gusty, headlong, raging, stormy, tempestuous, turbulent, volcanic, wild, windy), буйно розростатися, безглуздий (absurd, addle-brained, addle-pated, barmy, blind, brainless, brute, crack-brained, crazy, foolish, idiotic, idiotical, impertinent, insane, ludicrous, meaningless, nail biting, nonsensical, pointless, preposterous, senseless, wet), пустунчик, пустотливий (airy, arch, coltish, elfish, elvish, frisky, gamesome, impish, kittenish, mischievous, monkeyish, naughty, prankish, puckish, roguish, sly, waggish, whisky), довільний (arbitral, arbitrary, voluntary). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tinh nghịch (arch, archly, puckish), sum sê (luxuriant), nghịch gợm; đùa giỡn lung tung, người đ n b dâm đãng, loạn, không mục đích phóng đãng, dâm đãng (lecherous), dâm ô (salacious, unchaste), bậy bạ (nonsensical, random, rubbishy), bất chính tốt tươi, bừa bãi; vô cớ. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

trythyll (lascivious), rhewydd (lustful), masweddol (ribald), masw (soft, tender), anlladu, anllad (lascivious, lwed). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Wanton

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

delicata, delicatae, delicate, delicati, delicatum, delicatus, lascivus, luxuriosa, luxuriosam, luxuriosus, petulans, proterus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Wanton

LanguageDateSource1 Timothy Chapter 5, Verse 11
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintNewteraV de chraV paraitou otan gar katastrhniaswsin tou cristou gamein qelousin
Latin405VulgateAdulescentiores autem viduas devita cum enim luxuriatae fuerint in Christo nubere volunt
Middle English1395WyclifBut eschewe thou yongere widewis; for whanne thei han do letcherie, thei wolen be weddid in Crist,
Renaissance English1526TyndaleThe yonger widdowes refuse. For when they have begone to wexe wantone to the dishonoure of Christ then will they mary
Jacobean English1611King JamesBut the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
Victorian English1833WebsterBut the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to grow wanton against Christ, they will marry;
Basic English1964OgdenBut to the younger widows say No: for when their love is turned away from Christ, they have a desire to be married;

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Wanton

Language1 Timothy Chapter 5, Verse 11
CebuanoApan ayaw pag-isulat sa talaan ang mga babayeng balo nga mga batan-on; kay kini sila, sa diha nga magapatuyang na sa ilang kaugalingon batok kang Cristo, magatinguha na sa pagpamana,
CroatianMlaðe pak udovice odbijaj jer kad ih požuda odvrati od Krista, hoæe se udati,
DanishMen afvis unge Enker; thi når de i kødelig Attrå gøre Oprør imod Kristus, ville de giftes
DutchMaar neem de jonge weduwen niet aan; want als zij weelderig geworden zijn tegen Christus, zo willen zij huwelijken;
FinnishMutta nuoret lesket hylkää; sillä kun he himokkaiksi käyden vieraantuvat Kristuksesta, tahtovat he mennä naimisiin,
FrenchMais refuse les jeunes veuves; car, lorsque la volupté les détache du Christ, elles veulent se marier,
GermanDer jungen Witwen aber entschlage dich; denn wenn sie geil geworden sind wider Christum, so wollen sie freien
Haitian CreoleMen, pa mete okenn vèv ki poko gen laj sa a sou lis. Paske, lè anvi a pran yo pou yo marye, yo vire do bay Kris la.
HungarianA fiatalabb özvegyasszonyokat pedig mellõzd; mert ha gerjedeznek Krisztus ellenére, férjhez akarnak menni:
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariJangan masukkan ke dalam daftar itu janda-janda yang masih muda. Sebab kalau rasa berahi mereka menjadi sangat kuat, mereka mau kawin lagi, dan meninggalkan Kristus.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaTetapi engganlah akan segala perempuan janda yang muda, karena apabila mereka itu berasa berahi bersalahan dengan Kristus, mereka itu pun inginlah hendak kawin,
MaoriKo nga pouaru taitamariki ia me whakarere; ki te tupu hoki to ratou whakaaro poauau takahi i ta te Karaiti, ka hiahia ki te marena;
NorwegianMen yngre enker skal du avvise; for når de i kjødelig lyst sviker Kristus, vil de gifte sig,
RumanianDar pe vqduvele tinere sq nu le primewti: pentrucq atunci cknd le desparte pofta de Hristos, vor sq se mqrite din nou,
RussianнПМП"ЩИ ЦЕ Ч"ПЧЙ" ОЕ ТЙОЙНБК, Й'П ПОЙ, Ч Б"БС Ч ТПУЛПЫШ Ч ТПФЙЧОПУФШ иТЙУФХ, ЦЕМБАФ ЧУФХ БФШ Ч 'ТБЛ.
SwahiliUsiwaandikishe wajane vijana, kwani kama tamaa zao za maumbile zikizidi kuwa na nguvu zaidi kuliko kujitolea kwao kwa Kristo watataka kuolewa tena,
SwedishUnga änkor skall du däremot icke antaga. Ty när de hava njutit nog av Kristus, vilja de åter gifta sig;
Uma

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Wanton

Derivations

Words beginning with "wanton": wantoned, wantoner, wantoners, wantoning, wantonly, wantonness, wantonnesses, wantons. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Wanton" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: antun, nantong, Tanton, waiton, wanon, wanta, wantan, wanten, wantin, wanto, wantok, wantoun, warton, wato, waton, Wendon, wento, winon, wintan, wontan, wonten, wontom. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Wanton"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "wanton" (pronounced wÄ"ntun)
5-Ä" n t u nponton.
4-n t u nbadminton, Canton, dentin, fountain, intermountain, mountain, plantain.
3-t u nfatten, actin, batten, beaten, begotten, biotin, bitten, Boston, boughten, Bouton, brighten, bulletin, Burton, button, capstan, captain, carton, certain, charlatan, chieftain, clandestine, cosmopolitan, cotton, craton, curtain, Dalton, dishearten, eaten, enlighten, exoskeleton, flatten, forgotten, frighten, frostbitten, gelatin, gluten, gotten, guncotton, handwritten, hearten, heighten, highfalutin, intestine, jetton, kindergarten, kitten, lighten, litten, lovastatin, Manhattan, marten, Martin, Melton, metropolitan, misbegotten, mitten, molten, mutton, nekton, Newton, overwritten, Parton, Patten, phytoplankton, piston, plankton, platen, pleasing, predestine, prolactin, puritan, rewritten, rotten, Samaritan, satin, Seton, Sexton, shorten, Singleton, skeleton, smitten, spartan, straighten, sultan, sweeten, tartan, teston, threaten, tighten, Titan, Triton, tungsten, typewritten, unbeaten, unbutton, uncertain, underwritten, unwritten, verboten, wheaten, whiten, written.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Wanton

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-n-n-o-t-w"

-2 letters: anon, nona, nota, nowt, town, want, wont.

-3 letters: ant, awn, nan, naw, not, now, oat, own, tan, tao, taw, ton, tow, twa, two, wan, wat, won, wot.

-4 letters: an, at, aw, na, no, on, ow, ta, to, wo.

 Words containing the letters "a-n-n-o-t-w"
 

+1 letter: wantons.

 

+2 letters: nanowatt, outgnawn, townsman, wantoned, wantoner, wantonly.

 

+3 letters: antiwoman, nanowatts, wantoners, wantoning, warbonnet.

 

+4 letters: nationwide, outfawning, outgnawing, shantytown, stuntwoman, townswoman, wantonness, warbonnets.

 

+5 letters: gentlewoman, postweaning, shantytowns, wainscoting.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Speeches
11. Usage Frequency
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Translations: Ancient
16. Bible Trace
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Bibliography


  

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