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wantonness

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Synonyms & Antonyms of wantonness

1 disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others

the barbaric wantonness with which the guards treated the prisoners of war

Synonyms for wantonness

atrociousness,
atrocity,
barbarity,
barbarousness,
brutality,
cruelness,
cruelty,
fiendishness,
heartlessness,
inhumanity,
inhumanness,
sadism,
savageness,
savagery,
truculence,
viciousness

Words Related to wantonness

hard-heartedness,
mercilessness,
pitilessness,
ruthlessness,
unfeelingness

fellness,
ferociousness,
ferocity,
fierceness,
grimness

bloodlust,
bloodthirstiness,
murderousness,
sanguineness,
sanguinity

cattiness,
despitefulness,
hatefulness,
malevolence,
maliciousness,
malignity,
meanness,
nastiness,
spitefulness

hardhandedness,
harshness,
heavy-handedness,
oppressiveness

Near Antonyms for wantonness

tenderness,
warmheartedness,
warmness,
warmth

charitableness,
clemency,
leniency,
mercifulness,
mercy,
pity

Antonyms for wantonness

benignity,
compassion,
good-heartedness,
humaneness,
humanity,
kindheartedness,
kindness,
sympathy,
tenderheartedness

2 the quality or state of being obscene

novels characterized chiefly by their sheer wantonness

Synonyms for wantonness

Words Related to wantonness

broadness,
earthiness,
gaminess,
raciness,
saltiness,
suggestiveness

immodesty,
indecorousness,
indelicacy,
indelicateness,
lowness,
unbecomingness

lechery

depravedness,
depravity,
kinkiness,
naughtiness,
perverseness,
perversion,
perversity,
pervertedness,
wickedness

exceptionability,
objectionableness,
unacceptability,
undesirability

reprehensibility,
reprehensibleness

abusiveness,
scurrilousness

atrociousness,
atrocity,
infamy,
loathsomeness,
offensiveness,
repellency,
repugnance,
repulsiveness

distastefulness,
obnoxiousness,
unpleasantness

Near Antonyms for wantonness

priggery,
priggishness,
primness,
prudery,
prudishness,
puritanism

correctness,
decency,
decorousness,
decorum,
seemliness

appropriateness,
fitness,
suitability,
suitableness

perfection,
purity,
spotlessness

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