wanton

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

wan·ton [wanton wantons wantoned wantoning] BrE [ˈwɒntən] NAmE [ˈwɑːntən] adjective (formal)
1. usually before noun causing harm or damage deliberately and for no acceptable reason
•wanton destruction
•a wanton disregard for human life
•the wanton killing of innocent creatures
2. (old-fashioned, disapproving) (usually of a woman)behaving in a very immoral way; having many sexual partners
Derived Words: ↑wantonly ▪ ↑wantonness

Word Origin:
Middle English wantowen ‘rebellious, lacking discipline’, from wan- ‘badly’ + Old English togen ‘trained’ (related to ↑team and ↑tow).

Example Bank:
•They showed a wanton disregard for human life.
•They stood by helplessly in the face of the wanton destruction of their villages.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, motiveless, unprovoked, luxuriate, wanton away, trifle away, piddle, piddle away, trifle