wantonness

noun

Definition of wantonnessnext
1
as in cruelty
disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others the barbaric wantonness with which the guards treated the prisoners of war

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2
as in grossness
the quality or state of being obscene novels characterized chiefly by their sheer wantonness

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  1. cruelty
  2. brutality
  3. vulgarity
  4. obscenity
  5. ribaldry
  6. impurity
Noun
  • By the time this piece comes out, Moo Deng’s appearance on Weekend Update will have been overshadowed by Yang kissing Ariana Grande in a skit about family charades gone awry and Mariah Carey protesting the cruelty of overhead lighting on Las Culturistas.
    Sarah Burke, Them, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Wilder’s film, for all its offbeat humor and quotable zingers, was always about the ugliness of Hollywood and the monstrous cruelty of an industry that drains its players like a vampire does its victims.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of cruelty
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  • In one scenario, our species could emerge so transformed as to avoid entirely the brutality of human conduct.
    Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
  • House Atreides, from which the films’ protagonist Paul (Timothee Chalamet) hails, has a righteousness and goodness that, in contrast to the Harkonnens’ brutality, makes the two families enemies.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of brutality
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  • Policy proposals aside, there's been name-calling, vulgarity, and plain old meanness.
    Jon LaPook, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Musk shared several anti-Harris advertisements, including one funded by Musk’s pro-Trump political action committee that refers to the Vice President using misogynistic vulgarities.
    Kali Hays, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of vulgarity
Noun
  • These days, when people seem eager to scream obscenities at passing strangers, who can believe that anyone would take the trouble to be so subtle with an insult?
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The Wexner opened during the height of the culture wars, when the [Robert] Mapplethorpe show in Cincinnati was getting the museum director there prosecuted for obscenity.
    Jason Simon, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of obscenity
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  • Over-Nite Sensation is a triumph: a concentrated digest from perhaps the most popular stretch of his career, and a freeze-frame of his compositional flowering and ingenious lyrical ribaldry.
    Daniel Felsenthal, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Finding liberty in punk artistry, Dury updated the tradition of British music-hall ribaldry and rude folk humor.
    Armond White, National Review, 3 Aug. 2022
Definition of ribaldry
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  • The charcoal formula is said to have detoxifying properties that help draw out any impurities clogging the hair follicle that cause buildup on the scalp and lead to itchiness.
    Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Nitrosamine impurities may increase the risk of cancer if people are exposed to them above acceptable levels over long periods of time, according to the FDA.
    Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of impurity
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