WANTON


Meaning of WANTON in English

I. adjective

1.

Synonyms: fast 7, easy, light, loose, ||riggish, unchaste, whorish

Related Word: lax, slack, wayward

Idioms: of easy virtue, of loose morals

Contrasted words: austere, puritanical, restrained, self-restrained

Antonyms: chaste

2.

Synonyms: supererogatory , gratuitous, supererogant, supererogative, unasked, uncalled-for

Related Word: malevolent, malicious, spiteful; contrary, perverse, wayward

II. noun

a woman who engages in lewd unseemly conduct

giddy wantons flaunting themselves in bars

Synonyms: baggage, ||bim, ||bimbo, cyprian, hussy, jade, jezebel, ||pig, slattern, slut, strumpet, tramp, trollop, trull, wench; compare doxy , harlot 1, prostitute

Idioms: loose woman

III. verb

Synonyms: trifle 1, coquet, dally, flirt, fool, lead on, string along, toy

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