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wanton

wan·ton (wntn)

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Noun	1.	wanton – lewd or lascivious woman sensualist – a person who enjoys sensuality light-o’-love, light-of-love – a woman inconstant in love
Verb	1.	wanton – waste time; spend one’s time idly or inefficiently piddle, piddle away, trifle, wanton away expend, spend, drop – pay out; “spend money”
	2.	wanton – indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life live – 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 away expend, spend, drop – pay out; “spend money”
	4.	wanton – become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously luxuriate ware, squander, consume, waste – spend extravagantly; “waste not, want not”
	5.	wanton – engage in amorous play chat 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 brutally behave, 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.Roosevelt motiveless, unprovoked unmotivated – 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, light unchaste – not chaste; “unchaste conduct”