wanton
adjective
[ ˈwɒntən ]
• (of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked.
• "sheer wanton vandalism"
Similar:
deliberate,
wilful,
malicious,
malevolent,
spiteful,
vicious,
wicked,
evil,
cruel,
unprovoked,
unmotivated,
motiveless,
arbitrary,
groundless,
unjustifiable,
unjustified,
needless,
unnecessary,
uncalled for,
gratuitous,
senseless,
pointless,
purposeless,
aimless,
useless,
meaningless,
empty,
vacuous,
• sexually unrestrained or having many casual sexual relationships (typically used of a woman).
• "her cheeks burned as she recalled how forward she had been, how wanton"
Similar:
licentious,
promiscuous,
immoral,
immodest,
indecent,
shameless,
unblushing,
unchaste,
unvirtuous,
impure,
abandoned,
lustful,
lecherous,
lascivious,
salacious,
lubricious,
libidinous,
libertine,
profligate,
dissolute,
dissipated,
debauched,
degenerate,
reprobate,
corrupt,
sinful,
loose,
fast,
of easy virtue,
• growing profusely; luxuriant.
• "where wanton ivy twines"
wanton
noun
• a sexually unrestrained woman.
• "she'd behaved like a wanton"
wanton
verb
• play; frolic.
• "they sat gazing at the white-flecked pure blue sea and the various gulls that wantoned in the wake"
• behave in a sexually unrestrained way.
• "women who have wantoned with suitors"
Origin:
Middle English wantowen ‘rebellious, lacking discipline’, from wan- ‘badly’ + Old English togen ‘trained’ (related to team and tow1).
