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wanton

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wanton
adjective
1 wanton destruction:
deliberate, willful, malicious, malevolent, spiteful, vicious, wicked, evil, cruel;
unprovoked, unmotivated, motiveless, arbitrary, groundless, unjustifiable, unjustified, needless, unnecessary, uncalled for, gratuitous, senseless, pointless, purposeless, aimless, useless, meaningless, empty, vacuous.
antonyms justifiable.
2 dated a wanton seductress:
licentious, promiscuous, immoral, immodest, indecent, shameless, unblushing, unchaste, unvirtuous, impure, abandoned, lustful, lecherous, lascivious, salacious, lubricious, libidinous, libertine, profligate, dissolute, dissipated, debauched, degenerate, reprobate, corrupt, sinful;
dated loose, fast, of easy virtue.
antonyms chaste, moral.
3 literary a wanton fawn:
capricious, playful, frisky, jolly, fun-loving, lively, full of life, high-spirited, spirited, careless, heedless, impulsive, impetuous, rash, reckless, abandoned, audacious, cavalier, devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky;
archaic frolicsome, sportive.
antonyms serious.
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