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Meanings of wanton in English

Portuguese
desperdiçar
Catalan
malbaratar
Spanish
disipar

Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently.

        desperdiçar
        Catalan
        gaudir de

        Become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously.

              gaudir de

              Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior.

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                    Occurring without motivation or provocation.

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                          Usage of wanton in English
                          1
                          Added to this, the Wallack takes an actual pleasure in wanton destruction.
                          Round About the Carpathians
                          2
                          Not to be slack and negligent; or loose, and wanton in thy
                          Meditations
                          3
                          Sometimes I spy her afar off; but the wanton comes and goes.
                          Kilgorman: A Story of Ireland in 1798
                          4
                          And there will remain only the wanton soul in the virgin body.'
                          The Magician
                          5
                          Did it make me a wanton to hope he might compliment me?
                          Lily of the Nile
                          6
                          Yes, the ANC has been embattled by wanton corruption, nepotism and factionalism.
                          The South African
                          7
                          God forgive me for that wanton crime; he lived only two hours.
                          Mark Twain's Speeches
                          8
                          Show the wanton satyrs what kind of blood you have in you.
                          The Goose Man
                          9
                          We feast the wanton who is wise and bracket Marguerite with Messalina.
                          The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
                          10
                          The love of Nothus makes her frisk about like a wanton she-goat.
                          The Works of Horace
                          11
                          In it, along with much wanton cruelty, was displayed much excellent heroism.
                          The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol....
                          12
                          In his wanton presence, all logic was lost, all outcomes were imaginable.
                          The Irish Times
                          13
                          I will part with anything but lust and pride, saith the wanton.
                          Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01
                          14
                          Now the distant waves rise, and wanton and play, pure and lucid.
                          Rattlin the Reefer
                          15
                          But it is wanton killing off that I am speaking of to-night.
                          Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador / An Address Presented by Lt.-Col...
                          16
                          Those wanton gospellers, the pigeons yonder, Are now the only Sabbath-breakers left.
                          The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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                          Translations for wanton
                          Portuguese
                          desperdiçar
                          Wanton through the time
                          Wanton across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Less common