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Adjective: wanton  wón-t(u)n
  1. Occurring without motivation or provocation
    "wanton malignity";
    - motiveless, unprovoked
     
  2. Casual and unrestrained in sexual behaviour
    "wanton behaviour";
    - easy, loose, promiscuous, sluttish [informal], tarty [informal], slutty [informal]
Noun: wanton  wón-t(u)n
Usage: archaic
  1. Lewd or lascivious woman
    "In the novel, she was portrayed as a wanton who seduced married men"
Verb: wanton  wón-t(u)n
Usage: archaic
  1. Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
    "He wantoned away his summer vacation";
    - piddle [informal], wanton away [archaic], piddle away [informal], trifle
     
  2. Indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life
    "The young heir wantoned away his inheritance on luxurious vacations"
     
  3. Spend wastefully
    "wanton one's money away";
    - wanton away [archaic], trifle away
     
  4. Become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
    "She wantoned in her newfound wealth";
    - luxuriate
     
  5. Engage in amorous play
    "The couple wantoned in the secluded garden"; "They wantoned all night"
     
  6. Behave extremely cruelly and brutally
    "The invaders wantoned through the village, destroying everything in their path"

Derived forms: wantoned, wantoning, wantons

See also: unchaste, unmotivated

Type of: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, chat up [informal], comport, conduct, consume, coquet [rare], dally, deport, do, drop, expend, flirt, live, mash [archaic], romance, sensualist, spend, squander, ware [archaic], waste

Encyclopedia: Wanton, John