ACTING OUT Synonyms
There are 14 hypernyms of the phrase acting out. (close relations)
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defiance | nounn | |||||||
noun • intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude • a hostile challenge • a defiant act | ||||||||
delinquency | nounn | |||||||
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 | nounn | |||||||
noun • the failure to obey • the trait of being unwilling to obey | ||||||||
misbehaviour | nounn | |||||||
noun • improper or wicked or immoral behavior | ||||||||
mischief-making | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | ||||||||
misconduct | nounn | |||||||
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 | nounn | |||||||
noun • intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude • an insubordinate act | ||||||||
unruliness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline | ||||||||
wildness | nounn | |||||||
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, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • behave badly | ||||||||
waywardness | nounn | |||||||
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