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noun

as in flirt
a person who playfully shows another amorous attention quite the wanton when he wants to be

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Recent Examples of wanton
Adjective
Human rights organizations have also documented the wanton execution of Alawite civilians by fighters aligned with the government. Jerome Drevon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2025 Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, a professor of public international law at the University of Bristol, agreed there is a strong case that Israel’s widespread destruction of property is a war crime of wanton destruction, an accusation also leveled by Amnesty International and other human rights groups. Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
Sentencing comes after yearslong legal battle Hankison was fired in June 2020 and charged at the state level in September 2020 with three counts of wanton endangerment over the bullets that entered the neighboring unit. N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 21 July 2025 The disparate agendas of Formosan nationalists, Serbian irredentists, and the Obama Administration are united by a propensity for wanton death. Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for wanton
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wanton
Adjective
  • The couple quickly began receiving death threats and obscene phone calls.
    Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Banners or signs may not be commercial in nature or obscene, or cause any disturbance to other fans.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Miller is passionate about empowering others by providing information on the connection between physical health, lifestyle choices, and mental well-being.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Kaif Shaikh Kaif Shaikh is a journalist and writer passionate about turning complex information into clear, impactful stories.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Because of the cruel math of throughput and utilization, over ten days, only three hundred people experienced Blur.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Tamra was awful to Gretchen back then, culminating in the Naked Wasted Party, which was one of the cruelest things to ever happen on Housewives.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Fire up the flirt pole Cats have teaser wands, dogs have flirt poles.
    Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • White breaks down where to meet men based on four different flirt styles.
    Essence, Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Gilliam is not contesting states' rights to ban profane, sexualized or vulgar plates.
    Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Two Beal City high schoolers received thousands of vulgar text messages from an unknown sender for months.
    Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Use hot sausage or chicken sausage for a different flavor profile.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The semiconductor firm, whose AI chips have been a hot item for those involved in the artificial intelligence world, has been considered the number one among tech analysts and investors.
    John Navin, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Even for those in the North who didn’t care a damn for the four million held in brutal bondage, or those who wanted a soft, conciliatory approach, the war began to take on new and moral meaning.
    Jack Sheehan September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The trailer also showcases several brutal fights, an over-flowing oil emergency at the patch, a car accident, and Cami paying witness to two men taking down a third individual with their guns drawn.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Investigators said the pornographic material heightened concerns about the risks posed to federal systems.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Pete alleges Cooper also promoted a deepfake pornographic video of her.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025

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“Wanton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wanton. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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