wanton

wan·ton

W0025900 (wŏn′tən)adj.1. a. Lascivious or promiscuous. Used especially of women.b. Exciting or expressing sexual desire: a wanton pose.2. Marked by unprovoked, gratuitous maliciousness; capricious and unjust: wanton destruction.3. Unrestrainedly excessive: wanton extravagance.4. Luxuriant; overabundant: wanton tresses.5. Frolicsome; playful: a wanton fawn.6. Obsolete Rebellious; refractory.intr.v. wan·toned, wan·ton·ing, wan·tons 1. To behave in a wanton manner; act lasciviously.2. To move idly or playfully.n. One, especially a woman, who is licentious or promiscuous.

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[Middle English wantowen : wan-, not, lacking (from Old English; see euə- in Indo-European roots) + towen, past participle of teen, to bring up (from Old English tēon, to lead, draw; see deuk- in Indo-European roots).]

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wan′ton·ly adv.wan′ton·ness n.

wanton

(ˈwɒntən) adj1. dissolute, licentious, or immoral2. without motive, provocation, or justification: wanton destruction. 3. maliciously and unnecessarily cruel or destructive4. unrestrained: wanton spending. 5. archaic or poetic playful or capricious6. archaic (of vegetation, etc) luxuriant or superabundantn7. a licentious person, esp a woman8. a playful or capricious personvb9. (intr) to behave in a wanton manner10. (tr) to squander or waste[C13 wantowen (in the obsolete sense: unmanageable, unruly): from wan- (prefix equivalent to un-¹; related to Old English wanian to wane) + -towen, from Old English togen brought up, from tēon to bring up] ˈwantonly adv ˈwantonness n

wan•ton

(ˈwɒn tn)

adj. 1. done maliciously or unjustifiably: wanton cruelty. 2. deliberate and without motive; unprovoked: a wanton attack. 3. without regard for what is right, just, etc.; reckless: wanton assassination of a person's character. 4. sexually unrestrained; lascivious; lewd: wanton behavior. 5. extravagant or excessive: living in wanton luxury. 6. luxuriant, as vegetation. 7. Archaic. a. sportive or frolicsome, as children or young animals. b. having free play: wanton breezes. c. cruelly playful; mischievous: wanton schoolboys. n. 8. a wanton or lascivious person, esp. a woman. v.i. 9. to behave in a wanton manner. v.t. 10. to squander (often fol. by away): to wanton away one's inheritance. [1250–1300; Middle English wantowen literally, undisciplined, ill-reared, Old English wan- not + togen past participle of tēon to discipline, rear, c. German ziehen, Latin dūcere to lead; akin to tow¹] wan′ton•ly, adv. wan′ton•ness, n.

wanton

Past participle: wantoned
Gerund: wantoning

Imperative
wanton
wanton

Present
I wanton
you wanton
he/she/it wantons
we wanton
you wanton
they wanton

Preterite
I wantoned
you wantoned
he/she/it wantoned
we wantoned
you wantoned
they wantoned

Present Continuous
I am wantoning
you are wantoning
he/she/it is wantoning
we are wantoning
you are wantoning
they are wantoning

Present Perfect
I have wantoned
you have wantoned
he/she/it has wantoned
we have wantoned
you have wantoned
they have wantoned

Past Continuous
I was wantoning
you were wantoning
he/she/it was wantoning
we were wantoning
you were wantoning
they were wantoning

Past Perfect
I had wantoned
you had wantoned
he/she/it had wantoned
we had wantoned
you had wantoned
they had wantoned

Future
I will wanton
you will wanton
he/she/it will wanton
we will wanton
you will wanton
they will wanton

Future Perfect
I will have wantoned
you will have wantoned
he/she/it will have wantoned
we will have wantoned
you will have wantoned
they will have wantoned

Future Continuous
I will be wantoning
you will be wantoning
he/she/it will be wantoning
we will be wantoning
you will be wantoning
they will be wantoning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been wantoning
you have been wantoning
he/she/it has been wantoning
we have been wantoning
you have been wantoning
they have been wantoning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been wantoning
you will have been wantoning
he/she/it will have been wantoning
we will have been wantoning
you will have been wantoning
they will have been wantoning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been wantoning
you had been wantoning
he/she/it had been wantoning
we had been wantoning
you had been wantoning
they had been wantoning

Conditional
I would wanton
you would wanton
he/she/it would wanton
we would wanton
you would wanton
they would wanton

Past Conditional
I would have wantoned
you would have wantoned
he/she/it would have wantoned
we would have wantoned
you would have wantoned
they would have wantoned

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wanton - lewd or lascivious woman sensualist - a person who enjoys sensualitylight-of-love, light-o'-love - a woman inconstant in love
Verb	1.	wanton - waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficientlypiddle, piddle away, trifle, wanton awayexpend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money"
	2.	wanton - indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of lifelive - lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war"
	3.	wanton - spend wastefully; "wanton one's money away"trifle away, wanton awayexpend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money"
	4.	wanton - become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriouslyluxuriateware, squander, consume, waste - spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"
	5.	wanton - engage in amorous playchat up, coquet, coquette, flirt, mash, philander, romance, dally, butterfly - talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
	6.	wanton - behave extremely cruelly and brutallybehave, act, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
Adj.	1.	wanton - occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Rooseveltmotiveless, unprovokedunmotivated - without motivation
	2.	wanton - casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"promiscuous, sluttish, easy, loose, lightunchaste - not chaste; "unchaste conduct"

wanton

adjective1. wilful, needless, senseless, unjustified, willed, evil, cruel, vicious, deliberate, arbitrary, malicious, wicked, purposeful, gratuitous, malevolent, spiteful, unprovoked, groundless, unjustifiable, uncalled-for, motiveless the unnecessary and wanton destruction of our environment
wilful called-for, justified, provoked, motivated, warranted, legitimate, excusable2. promiscuous, immoral, shameless, licentious, fast, wild, abandoned, loose, dissipated, lewd, profligate, debauched, lustful, lecherous, dissolute, libertine, libidinous, of easy virtue, unchaste Women behaving with the same sexual freedom as men are considered wanton.
promiscuous Victorian, rigid, stuffy, prim, puritanical, prudish, strait-laced, priggish, overmodest
noun1. slut, tart, whore, slag (Brit. slang), swinger (informal), harlot, slapper (Brit. slang), loose woman, scrubber (Brit. & Austral. slang), strumpet, trollop, woman of easy virtue His wife had shown herself to be a shameless wanton.

wanton

adjective1. Lacking in moral restraint:abandoned, dissipated, dissolute, fast, gay, incontinent, licentious, profligate, rakish, unbridled, unconstrained, uncontrolled, ungoverned, uninhibited, unrestrained, wild.2. Marked by an absence of conventional restraint in sexual behavior; sexually unrestrained:easy, fast, libertine, light, loose, whorish.3. Not required, necessary, or warranted by the circumstances of the case:gratuitous, supererogative, supererogatory, uncalled-for.noun1. An immoral or licentious person:libertine, profligate, rake.2. A vulgar promiscuous woman who flouts propriety:baggage, hussy, jade, slattern, slut, tart, tramp, wench, whore.Slang: floozy.

Translations

无理的淫荡的

wanton

(ˈwontən) adjective1. without reason; motiveless. wanton cruelty; the wanton destruction of property. 無理的，蠻橫地 无理的2. (of a person) immoral. wanton young women. 淫蕩的 淫荡的ˈwantonly adverb 蠻橫地 放肆地ˈwantonness noun 蠻橫，淫蕩 放肆，嬉戏