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wantonise

wantonise is the alternative form of wantonize.

Meaning of wantonize

Verb

wantonize (third-person singular simple present wantonizes, present participle wantonizing, simple past and past participle wantonized)

  1. (intransitive) To be wanton; to indulge in lewdness, flirtation or lasciviousness.
    • It is women who communicate their parts as much as a man list to wantonize with them., vol.1, ch.29
    Synonyms:
    harlotize

Forms of wantonise

third-person singular presentwantonises
present participlewantonising
past participlewantonised
pastwantonised

Origin of wantonise

From wanton + -ise.

Questions about wantonise

What is wantonise the alternative form of?
Wantonise is the alternative form of wantonize.

Words near wantonise in the dictionary

  1. wantoneth
  2. wantonhead
  3. wantonhood
  4. wantoning
  5. wantonings
  6. wantonise
  7. wantonised
  8. wantonises
  9. wantonising
  10. wantonize
  11. wantonized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wantonise (page history and authors); wantonize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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