ACTING OUT Synonyms
14 hypernyms for acting out. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for ACTING OUT
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| defiance | noun n | |||||
noun • intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude • a hostile challenge • a defiant act | ||||||
| delinquency | noun n | |||||
noun • nonpayment of a debt when due • a tendency to be negligent and uncaring • an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor | ||||||
| disobedience | noun n | |||||
noun • the failure to obey • the trait of being unwilling to obey | ||||||
| misbehaviour | noun n | |||||
noun • improper or wicked or immoral behavior | ||||||
| mischief-making | adjective adj | |||||
noun • reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | ||||||
| misconduct | noun n | |||||
noun • bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf • activity that transgresses moral or civil law verb • behave badly • manage badly or incompetently | ||||||
| rebelliousness | noun n | |||||
noun • intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude • an insubordinate act | ||||||
| unruliness | noun n | |||||
noun • the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline | ||||||
| wildness | noun n | |||||
noun • a feeling of extreme emotional intensity • the property of being wild or turbulent • an unruly disposition to do as one pleases • an intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature | ||||||
| misbehaving | verb, adjective v, adj | |||||
verb • behave badly | ||||||
| waywardness | noun n | |||||
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