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acted up

verb , past tense of act up

Synonyms and Antonyms of acted up

1 to behave badly

the two-year-old was acting up in church so much that her dad had to take her outside

Synonyms of acted up

acted out, carried on, misbehaved

Words Related to acted up

disobeyed, rebelled

clowned (around), cut up, fooled around, horsed around, kidded (around)

Phrases Synonymous with acted up

raised Cain (or raised hell), ran riot

Near Antonyms of acted up

acquitted, acted, bore, comported, conducted, demeaned, deported, quit (also quitted)

complied, conformed

checked, collected, composed, constrained, contained, controlled, curbed, handled, inhibited, moved, quieted, repressed, restrained

2 to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior

you should have seen the boys acting up when they put on their aprons

Synonyms of acted up

clowned (around), cut up, fooled around, horsed around, hotdogged, monkeyed (around), showboated, showed off, skylarked

Words Related to acted up

carried on, misbehaved

capered, cavorted, disported, frisked, frolicked, gamboled (or gambolled), larked, rollicked, romped

caroused, mafficked, reveled (or revelled), roared, wassailed

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