Synonyms of acting out

acting out

verb

present participle of act out

as in raising hell

to behave badly

because his parents spent so much time with his chronically ill sister, the boy resorted to acting out in order to get attention

Synonyms & Similar Words

• raising hell
• running riot
• acting up
• carrying on
• disobeying
• misconducting
• raising Cain
• rebelling
• misbehaving
• cutting up
• kidding (around)
• horsing around
• clowning (around)
• fooling around
• showing off
• roughhousing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• acting
• obeying
• conducting
• bearing
• containing
• quitting
• complying
• moving
• handling
• controlling
• conforming
• checking
• collecting
• composing
• acquitting
• restraining
• inhibiting
• deporting
• curbing
• demeaning
• comporting
• constraining
• quieting
• repressing