Wanton

/ˈwɑntən/

Synonyms for "wanton" (410 found)

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Verb(5 words)
piddlepiddle awaytrifletrifle awaywanton away

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Collocations

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wanton actswanton crueltywanton destructionwanton disregardwanton luxurywanton violencewanton waste

Inflections

3 entries
more wantonmost wantonwantons

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Sample sentences

41 total sentences available.

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I was relieved that there are people more wanton than me.

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As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.

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I remembered the case well, for it was one in which Holmes had taken an interest on account of the peculiar ferocity of the crime and the wanton brutality which had marked all the actions of the assassin.

Source: tatoeba (6606604)

"Thither we sailed, when, rising with the wave, / Orion dashed us on the shoals, the prey / of wanton winds, and mastering billows drave / our vessels on the pathless rocks astray. / We few have floated to your shore."

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