wantonness

Meaning

  1. (uncountable, usually) The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.
  2. (countable, dated, usually) A particular wanton act.

Synonyms

licentiousness
lewdness
libidinousness
wickedness
21k
abandon
B2
dissipation
vice
B2
viciousness
vileness
villainousness
sinisterness
nefariousness
unconstraint
looseness
lasciviousness
villainy
35k
lust
C1
turpitude
dalliance
44k
unrighteousness
lubricity
lustfulness

man-crazy

orgy
C2
playfulness
pride
B1
profligacy
profligate
promiscuity
38k
promiscuousness
prurience
rakishness
rampancy
redundance
salaciousness
self-conceit
sensualism
surfeit
unfaithfulness
venery
waywardness
sport
B2
overmuchness
whorishness
profligateness
foolhardise

foolhardihood

abundance
C2
arrogance
C2
bravado
30k
Translations

baldadigheid

ακολασία

απερισκεψία

Draufgängertum
Nymphomanie
Tollkühnheit
Mutwille
Unbeständigkeit
Wankelmut
Wildheit

Flattersinn

Mannstollheit

Überstürzung

Gewagtheit

Übermut
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
wantonnesse
In summary

From Middle English wantonnesse, wantonesse, wantounesse, wantownesse, equivalent to wanton + -ness.

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