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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
wanton
lewd or lascivious woman • Hypernyms: sensualist • Hyponyms: light-o'-love, light-of-love
1. indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life • Hypernyms: live • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s 2. become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously • Syn: luxuriate • Derivationally related forms: luxury (for: luxuriate), luxuriation (for: luxuriate) • Hypernyms: consume, squander, waste, ware • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s 3. spend wastefully - wanton one's money away • Syn: wanton away, trifle away • Hypernyms: spend, expend, drop • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 4. waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently • Syn: piddle, wanton away, piddle away, trifle • Derivationally related forms: trifling (for: trifle) • Hypernyms: spend, expend, drop • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s 5. engage in amorous play • Hypernyms: chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s 6. behave extremely cruelly and brutally • Hypernyms: act, behave, do • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s
1. casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior - her easy virtue - he was told to avoid loose (or light) women - wanton behavior • Syn: easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish • Similar to: unchaste • Derivationally related forms: wantonness, sluttishness (for: sluttish), promiscuousness (for: promiscuous), promiscuity (for: promiscuous), looseness (for: loose) 2. occurring without motivation or provocation - motiveless malignity - "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt • Syn: motiveless, unprovoked • Similar to: unmotivated • Derivationally related forms: wantonness
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