wanton
무자비한 비인간적인 (wanton cruelty)
정당한 근거가 없는 (공격) wanton attack
절제력,한계가 없는 ( 적절,적당함을 넘어서는 초과하는. 과도한. ) wanton imagination 과도한,지나친 상상력
성적 흥분을 유발하는,
사악한, 비열한, 못된,
명사.
명사. 음란한 사람. 성적으로 문란한 자.
응석받이 어린이 (spoiled child)
옛날 영어. wanton,
If someone describes a woman as wanton, they disapprove of her because she clearly enjoys sex or has sex with a lot of men.
[disapproval, old-fashioned]
...the idea that only wanton women have sexual passions.
licentious 라이센셔스. 동일한 뜻.
lacking legal or moral restraints
especially : disregarding sexual restraints (성적 절제를 무시하는)
licentious behavior
licentious revelers (난봉꾼)
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adjective
wan·ton ˈwȯn-tᵊn ˈwän-
Synonyms of wanton
1
a
: MERCILESS, INHUMANE
wanton cruelty
b
: having no just foundation or provocation : MALICIOUS
a wanton attack
2
: being without check or limitation: such as
a
(*undue 뜻. undue
1.: not due : not yet payable ,
2 : 적절,적당함을 넘어서는 초과하는. 과도한.
exceeding or violating propriety or fitness : EXCESSIVE
undue force)
: unduly lavish : EXTRAVAGANT
wanton imagination
b
: luxuriantly rank
wanton vegetation
3 성적 흥분을 유발하는,
a
: LEWD, BAWDY
b
: causing sexual excitement : LUSTFUL, SENSUAL
4. 사악한, 비열한, 못된,
a
: playfully mean or cruel : MISCHIEVOUS
b
archaic : hard to control : UNDISCIPLINED, UNRULY
wantonly adverb
wantonness
ˈwȯn-tᵊn-nəs
ˈwän-
noun
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noun
명사. 음란한 사람.
응석받이 어린이
1
a
: one given to self-indulgent flirtation or trifling
—used especially in the phrase play the wanton
b
: a lewd or lascivious person
2
: a pampered person or animal : PET
especially : a spoiled child
3
: a frolicsome child or animal
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verb
wantoned; wantoning; wantons
intransitive verb
: to be wanton or act wantonly (see WANTON entry 1)
transitive verb
: to pass or waste wantonly or in wantonness
wantoner noun
Synonyms
Adjective
bawdy
blue
coarse
crude
dirty
filthy
foul
gross
gutter
impure
indecent
lascivious
lewd
locker-room
nasty
obscene
pornographic
porny
profane
raunchy
ribald
smutty
stag
trashy
unprintable
vulgar
X-rated
Noun
flirt
flirter
Examples of wanton in a Sentence
Adjective
No artist should be subjected to this much wanton affection: it's unseemly, like being hugged by a stranger who won't let go.
—James Wolcott, New Republic, 30 Aug. 2004
I also wrote that innocent people would die as a consequence of the wanton, lawless destruction of medical stocks in a dirt-poor country.
—Christopher Hitchens, Nation, 31 May 1999
While I was happy to find Mr. Pollan firmly allied with those of us who oppose the wanton broadcast of pesticides and inorganic fertilizers on lawn and garden, I wish he had lingered a little longer over this vital subject.
—Maxine Kumin, New York Times Book Review, 9 June 1991
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Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
All of her sisters make their mark; Myers, especially, does a wonderful job as Anna, who is handsome, wanton, fiery, and fatally drawn to the bottle.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
The result turns out to be similar in its weaknesses and less pronounced in its strengths, yielding a stark, even bleak, look at the wanton murder of Native Americans to obtain their oil money a century ago, while local authorities turned a blind eye.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, from wan- deficient, wrong, mis- (from Old English, from wan deficient) + towen, past participle of teen to draw, train, discipline, from Old English tēon — more at TOW entry 1
Noun
derivative of WANTON entry 1
Verb
derivative of WANTON entry 1
First Known Use
Adjective
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4b
Noun
1509, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1582, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
