wanton – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of wanton

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to wanton
Participle: wantoned
Gerund: wantoning

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iwanton
youwanton
he;she;itwantons
wewanton
youwanton
theywanton

Perfect

Ihave wantoned
youhave wantoned
he;she;ithas wantoned
wehave wantoned
youhave wantoned
theyhave wantoned

Past

Iwantoned
youwantoned
he;she;itwantoned
wewantoned
youwantoned
theywantoned

Pluperfect

Ihad wantoned
youhad wantoned
he;she;ithad wantoned
wehad wantoned
youhad wantoned
theyhad wantoned

Future

Iwill wanton
youwill wanton
he;she;itwill wanton
wewill wanton
youwill wanton
theywill wanton

Future Perfect

Iwill have wantoned
youwill have wantoned
he;she;itwill have wantoned
wewill have wantoned
youwill have wantoned
theywill have wantoned

Subjunctive

Present

Iwanton
youwanton
he;she;itwanton
wewanton
youwanton
theywanton

Perfect

Ihave wantoned
youhave wantoned
he;she;ithave wantoned
wehave wantoned
youhave wantoned
theyhave wantoned

Imperfect

Iwantoned
youwantoned
he;she;itwantoned
wewantoned
youwantoned
theywantoned

Pluperfect

Ihad wantoned
youhad wantoned
he;she;ithad wantoned
wehad wantoned
youhad wantoned
theyhad wantoned

Conditional

Present

Iwould wanton
youwould wanton
he;she;itwould wanton
wewould wanton
youwould wanton
theywould wanton

Perfect

Iwould have wantoned
youwould have wantoned
he;she;itwould have wantoned
wewould have wantoned
youwould have wantoned
theywould have wantoned

Imperative

youwanton
weLet's wanton
youwanton

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam wantoning
youare wantoning
he;she;itis wantoning
weare wantoning
youare wantoning
theyare wantoning

Perfect

Ihave been wantoning
youhave been wantoning
he;she;ithas been wantoning
wehave been wantoning
youhave been wantoning
theyhave been wantoning

Past

Iwas wantoning
youwere wantoning
he;she;itwas wantoning
wewere wantoning
youwere wantoning
theywere wantoning

Pluperfect

Ihad been wantoning
youhad been wantoning
he;she;ithad been wantoning
wehad been wantoning
youhad been wantoning
theyhad been wantoning

Future

Iwill be wantoning
youwill be wantoning
he;she;itwill be wantoning
wewill be wantoning
youwill be wantoning
theywill be wantoning

Future Perfect

Iwill have been wantoning
youwill have been wantoning
he;she;itwill have been wantoning
wewill have been wantoning
youwill have been wantoning
theywill have been wantoning

Conditional

Present

Iwould be wantoning
youwould be wantoning
he;she;itwould be wantoning
wewould be wantoning
youwould be wantoning
theywould be wantoning

Perfect

Iwould have been wantoning
youwould have been wantoning
he;she;itwould have been wantoning
wewould have been wantoning
youwould have been wantoning
theywould have been wantoning

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'wanton'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'wanton'

canton, danton, baton, cannon, carton, gaston, randon, waggon, wagon, want,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to act wantonly
harlotize
to act in a lewd and lascivious manner
blissom, chamber, colt, gill, harlot, harlotize, minx, rake, rig, slut, trollop, wantonize
squander
waste

Antonyms

squander
save, preserve, retain, redeem

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1300, wan-towen, from M.E. privative prefix wan- "wanting, lacking" (from O.E. wan "wanting;" see wane) + togen, pp. of teon "to train, discipline;" lit. "to pull, draw," from P.Gmc. *teuhan (cf. O.H.G. ziohan "to pull;" see tug). The basic notion perhaps is "ill-bred, poorly brought up;" cf. Ger. ungezogen "ill-bred, rude, haughty," lit. "unpulled."
"As Flies to wanton Boyes are we to th' Gods, They kill vs for their sport." [Shakespeare, "Lear," 1605]
Noun sense of "lascivious, lewd person" is attested from 1529. The verb is recorded from 1582. The only Eng. survival of a once-common Gmc. negating prefix still active in Du. (cf. wanbestuur "misgovernment," wanluid "discordant sound"), Ger. (wahn-), etc.
2. From Middle English wantoun, wantowen, wantoȝen, wantowe (“uneducated; unrestrained; licentious; sportive; playful”), from wan- (“not, un-, mis-”) + towen, i-towen (“educated”, literally “towed; led; drawn”), from Old English togen, ġetogen, past participle of tēon (“to train, discipline”), equivalent to wan- + towed.

Sample Sentences

  • […] We will fetch thee straight / Adonis painted by a running brook, / And Cytherea all in sedges hid, / Which seem to move and wanton with her breath / Even as the waving sedges play wi’ th’ wind. [c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act PROLOGUE, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:]
  • […] Nature here / Wantond as in her prime, and plaid at will / Her Virgin Fancies […] [1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 294-296:]
  • How merrily we would sally into the fields; and strip under the first warmth of the sun; and wanton like young dace in the streams […] [1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “Christ’s Hospital Five and Thirty Years Ago”, in Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:]
  • As for her soft brown hair, it was free to wanton in the winds, save where a strip of velvet restrained it around her brows. [1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XI, page 139:]
  • It might well be, said Mrs. McNab, wantoning on with her memories […] [1927 May, Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, […], →OCLC, page 217:]
  • The young man wantoned away his inheritance.
  • [W]ith this money the King shall wanton away his time in pleasures […] [1660 May 7 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “April 28th, 1660”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume VIII, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1896, →OCLC, page 290:]
  • […] Samson, having wantoned away his strength and paying the penalty […] [1881, Christina Rossetti, “St. Matthias, Apostle”, in Called to Be Saints, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 153:]
  • And never would he wanton his cause away with wine. [1929, “A Song of an Old General”, in Witter Bynner, Jiang Kanghu, transl., The Jade Mountain, New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 203:]
  • 1948, Digby George Gerahty (as Robert Standish), Elephant Walk, New York: Macmillan, 1949, Chapter 15, p. 214,
  • If either of us felt the respect for George that you imply by your manner, you know perfectly well that we wouldn’t have wantoned away the day as we have.
  • Be loving and courteous to your fellow Servants, not gigling or idling out your time, or wantoning in the society of men […] [1677, Hannah Woolley, The Compleat Servant-Maid, London: T. Passinger, page 62:]
  • Happy he that ſips Eternally ſuch Nectar dovvn, that unconfin'd may Lave, and VVanton there in ſateleſs Draughts of ever ſpringing Beauty— […] [1700 (date written), Colley Cibber, Love Makes a Man: Or, The Fop’s Fortune. A Comedy. […], London: […] Richard Parker […], Hugh Newman […], and E. Rumbal […], published 1701, →OCLC, Act II, page 19:]
  • […] whole herds or flocks of other women securely, and scarce regarded, traverse the park, the play, the opera, and the assembly; and though, for the most part at least, they are at last devoured, yet for a long time do they wanton in liberty, without disturbance or controul. [1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:]