Bad and Wanton

Bad

Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.

Wanton and bad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wanton" instead an adjective "Bad".

Nearby Words: badly, badness

Wanton

Wanton adjective - Depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society.

Bad and wanton are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Wanton".

Nearby Word: wantonly

Both words in one sentence

  • Then it turns out that he was controlled by A-List bad guy Malacoda who played off his bad character traits and all the wanton murder he ordered has caused the Dismaw to consume him.
  • Evil Is Petty Bad karma is usually only gained from the bad choices in large quests or wanton slaughter.
    Source: Evil Is Petty
  • Film / Drive Angry And as if that weren't bad enough, he has cults and madmen committing wanton acts of murder and claiming that he made them do it.
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