Detailed description and alternate definitions of the word 'wantonness':
Luxuriant; overabundant.
Unrestrainedly excessive.
Immoral or unchaste; lewd.
To waste or squander extravagantly.
Marked by unprovoked, gratuitous maliciousness; capricious and unjust.
Frolicsome; playful.
Rebellious; refractory.
Gratuitously cruel; merciless.
To act, grow, or move in a wanton manner; be wanton.
Undisciplined; spoiled.
One who is immoral, lewd, or licentious.
One that is playful or frolicsome.
One that is undisciplined or spoiled.
Synonyms of word 'wantonness' :
licentiousness
unconstraint
abandon
Usage of the word 'wantonness' in Sentences :
Usage of the word 'wantonness' in popular media :
Wall Street Journal —
“god kills thy comforts to kill thy corruptions; wants are ordained to kill
wantonness; poverty to kill pride; reproaches to destroy ambition.....
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The New York Times —
“dan+r[24]ccing begets warmth, which is the parent of
wantonness. it is, sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.....
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