wanton

wanton
adjective
1) (dated): (licentious) lüstern; wollüstig [Person, Gedanken, Benehmen]
2) (wilful) mutwillig [Beschädigung, Grausamkeit, Verschwendung]; leichtfertig [Vernachlässigung]
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['wontən]
adjective
1) (without reason; motiveless: wanton cruelty; the wanton destruction of property.) mutwillig
2) ((of a person) immoral: wanton young women.) liederlich
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- academic.ru/93610/wantonly">wantonly
- wantonness
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wan·ton
[ˈwɒntən, AM ˈwɑ:ntən]
adj
1. (wilful) leichtfertig, rücksichtslos
\wanton destruction mutwillige Zerstörung
\wanton disregard völlige Gleichgültigkeit
\wanton waste sträfliche Verschwendung
2. usu attr (dated or hum: dissolute) wollüstig geh
\wanton smile lüsternes Lächeln geh
3. (liter: capricious) übermütig, launenhaft
\wanton breeze leichte Brise
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['wɒntən]
1. adj
1) (= licentious) life liederlich; behaviour, woman, pleasures schamlos; looks, thoughts lüstern

Cupid, that wanton boy (liter) — Amor, dieser kleine Lüstling

2) (= wilful) cruelty, destruction mutwillig; disregard, negligence sträflich, völlig unverantwortlich; waste sträflich, kriminell (inf)

to spend money with wanton extravagance — Geld mit sträflichem Leichtsinn ausgeben

decorated with wanton extravagance — üppig und verschwenderisch eingerichtet

3) (poet: capricious) persons übermütig, mutwillig (poet)
2. n
(old: immoral woman) Dirne f
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wanton [ˈwɒntən; US auch ˈwɑn-]
A adj (adv wantonly)
1. mutwillig:
a) obs ausgelassen, ungebärdig, wild
b) leichtfertig
c) böswillig (auch JUR):
wanton negligence JUR grobe Fahrlässigkeit
2. rücksichtslos, unbarmherzig, brutal (Grausamkeit etc)
3. obs widerspenstig, störrisch (Kind etc)
4. liederlich, ausschweifend, zügellos (Leben etc)
5. wollüstig, geil, lüstern
6. üppig (Haar etc):
she has a wanton imagination sie hat eine blühende Fantasie;
wanton vegetation wuchernder Pflanzenwuchs
B s obs
a) Kokotte f
b) Wollüstling m, Wüstling m
C v/i ausschweifend leben
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adjective
1) (dated): (licentious) lüstern; wollüstig [Person, Gedanken, Benehmen]
2) (wilful) mutwillig [Beschädigung, Grausamkeit, Verschwendung]; leichtfertig [Vernachlässigung]
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adj.
mutwillig adj.
übermütig adj.
üppig adj.

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