Antonyms for wantoned


Grammar : Verb
Spell : won-tn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɒn tn


Definition of wantoned

Origin :
  • c.1300, wan-towen, "resistant to control; willful," from Middle English privative prefix wan- "wanting, lacking" (from Old English wan "wanting;" see wane) + togen, past participle of teon "to train, discipline;" literally "to pull, draw," from Proto-Germanic *teuhan (cf. Old High German ziohan "to pull;" see tug). The basic notion perhaps is "ill-bred, poorly brought up;" cf. German ungezogen "ill-bred, rude, haughty," literally "unpulled."
  • As Flies to wanton Boyes are we to th' Gods, They kill vs for their sport. [Shakespeare, "Lear," 1605]
  • Especially of sexual indulgence from late 14c. The only English survival of a once-common Germanic negating prefix still active in Dutch (cf. wanbestuur "misgovernment," wanluid "discordant sound"), German (wahn-), etc. Related: Wantonly; wantonness.
  • As in luxuriate : verb indulge, prosper
  • As in string along : verb play with; keep dangling
  • As in toy : verb play with
  • As in trifle : verb toy with; mess around
  • As in coquet : verb tease
  • As in dally/dally with : verb have love affair
Example sentences :
  • As she ventured near she laughed, and wantoned with some golden fruit.
  • Extract from : « A Little Pilgrimage in Italy » by Olave M. (Olave Muriel) Potter
  • They wantoned and they wallowed in their perfectly natural gluttony.
  • Extract from : « Jan » by A. J. Dawson
  • Here I laved and wantoned with the water, or sportively played with my companion, leaving Emily to deal with hers at discretion.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs Of Fanny Hill » by John Cleland
  • But Susan, propped straight up by now against pillows, wantoned in this finery.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Susan » by Lee Wilson Dodd
  • I, that had wantoned in the rich circle of your world of love, could be confined within the puny province of a girl?
  • Extract from : « The Comedies of William Congreve » by William Congreve
  • Here she accumulated a thousand various gratifications; here she wantoned in all the secret and licentious desires of her heart.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

Synonyms for wantoned

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