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- that novel was once regarded as a wanton tale of forbidden love
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- priggish,
- prim,
- prudish,
- puritanical,
- staid,
- straitlaced
- (or straightlaced),
- Victorian
- approved,
- endorsed
- (also indorsed),
- sanctioned
Antonyms for wanton
- in earlier times, novelists usually portrayed wanton women as coming to a bad end
Synonyms for wanton
- concupiscent,
- goatish,
- horny,
- hot,
- hypersexual,
- itchy,
- lascivious,
- lecherous,
- lewd,
- libidinous,
- licentious,
- lubricious
- (or lubricous),
- lustful,
- oversexed,
- passionate,
- randy,
- salacious,
- satyric
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- a wanton attack on unarmed civilians
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wanton
noun
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The first known use of wanton was in the 14th century
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