Phrase Hound found 4 phrases and 13 compound words that contain wanton. The most common are listed below. Open wanton in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 4
- wanton kittens make sober catsPeople who are unruly and reckless in youth may nevertheless turn out to be responsible adults.
- wag-wantonquaking grass: any of a genus, Briza, of grasses
- wit-wantonAlternative form of witwanton: One who indulges in idle, foolish, and irreverent fancies or speculations; one who tries to be cleverly amusing but falls short.
- wagge-wantonArchaic spelling of wag-wanton (“promiscuously”).
Compound words 13
- wantonnessThe state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.
- wantonlyin a wanton manner.
- wantonerA wanton person.
- unwantonNot wanton.
- wantoniseAlternative form of wantonize: To be wanton; to indulge in lewdness, flirtation or lasciviousness.
- witwantonOne who indulges in idle, foolish, and irreverent fancies or speculations; one who tries to be cleverly amusing but falls short.
- wantoneththird-person singular simple present indicative of wanton: Undisciplined, unruly; not able to be controlled.
- wantonheadWantonness.
- wantonhoodWantonness.
- wantonersplural of wantoner: A wanton person.