- done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty.
- deliberate and without motive or provocation; uncalled-for; headstrong; willful: Why jeopardize your career in such a wanton way?
- without regard for what is right, just, humane, etc.; careless; reckless: a wanton attacker of religious convictions.
- sexually lawless or unrestrained; loose; lascivious; lewd: wanton behavior.
- extravagantly or excessively luxurious, as a person, manner of living, or style.
- luxuriant, as vegetation.
- Archaic.
- sportive or frolicsome, as children or young animals.
- having free play: wanton breezes; a wanton brook.
- a wanton or lascivious person, especially a woman.
- to behave in a wanton manner; become wanton.
- to squander, especially in pleasure (often followed by away): to wanton away one's inheritance.
- dissolute, licentious, or immoral
- without motive, provocation, or justification
- maliciously and unnecessarily cruel or destructive
- unrestrained
- playful or capricious
- (of vegetation, etc) luxuriant or superabundant
- a licentious person, esp a woman
- a playful or capricious person
- to behave in a wanton manner
- to squander or waste
