wantonness
nounHow to pronounce wantonness:
Definition of wantonness:
- wantonness (noun):
- flirtation
- noun. the quality of being lewd and lascivious.
Synonyms for wantonness:
abandon
atrocity
barbarity
brutality
cruelness
cruelty
dissipation
dissolution
fiendishness
heartlessness
inhumanity
lechery
lewdness
licentiousness
lust
murderousness
prodigality
profligacy
promiscuity
sadism
savageness
savagery
truculence
unconstraint
viciousness
Antonyms for wantonness:
altruism
beneficence
benevolence
benignancy
benignity
bigheartedness
charitableness
charity
commiseration
compassion
compassionateness
consideration
feeling
generosity
gentility
gentleness
good behavior
good behaviour
good-heartedness
goodness
goodwill
graciousness
heart
humaneness
humanity
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- qualify
- sulphurous
- schematics
- parsable
- negligee
- careworn
- adorer
- upside down
- bountiful
- unyielding
- roguishly
- ransacked
- feasible
- well-favored
- unlikely
- trilogy
- sclerema
- proclaimer
- nonessential
- dorito
- banderole
- roman-fleuve
- retreated
- mantua
- cockchaffer
- clothesline
- soi-disant
- signature
- pedophile
- Diata
- wittingly
- periscope
- chorizo
- underfoot
- autotroph
- directed
- whomsoever
- pulverize
- afterward
- empower
- curator
- bushranger
- farfetched
- overalls
- titillate
- finable
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- mindboggling
- adherence
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