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What is another word for
acting up
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Verb
Present participle for to act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner
Present participle for to behave mischievously, playfully or boisterously
Present participle for to malfunction, or to fail to function altogether
Present participle for to show off, especially with stunts or tricks
Adjective
Not available for use
Deliberately exaggerated and theatrical in style
Noun
The breach of a moral or legal code, rule, or standard
Behavior that is inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner
misbehaving
rebelling
disobeying
carrying on
acting out
acting badly
causing trouble
raising hell
sowing wild oats
behaving badly
misconducting oneself
playing up
getting up to no good
sinning
trespassing
transgressing
going wrong
doing wrong
going astray
getting up to mischief
lapsing
degenerating
offending
deviating
giving someone trouble
raising Cain
running riot
mucking about
forgetting oneself
falling from grace
making trouble
fooling around
stirring the pot
getting into mischief
bending the law
falling
acting improperly
stirring up trouble
straying
wandering
erring
going undisciplined
blotting your copybook
misconducting
roughhousing
showing poor manners
showing bad manners
doing evil
taking a wrong turn
doing
exceeding
overstepping
breaking the rules
breaking the law
committing an offence
slipping up
violating the law
straying from the straight and narrow
more ❯
“The child then begins to
act up
in class or withdraw to cope.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to behave mischievously, playfully or boisterously
showboating
hotdogging
skylarking
misbehaving
clowning around
fooling around
monkeying around
showing off
causing trouble
mucking about
mucking around
acting foolishly
clowning about
fooling about
messing about
messing around
playing up
acting the clown
acting the fool
acting the goat
cutting up
getting up to mischief
carrying on
horsing around
getting up to no good
forgetting oneself
giving someone trouble
misconducting oneself
clowning
romping
cavorting
larking
roughhousing
making mischief
behaving badly
creating
causing a commotion
causing a fuss
capering
whooping it up
losing it
playing
playing jokes
joking
acting out
goofing off
playing around
mucking up
yukking it up
larking about
playing the fool
playing about
playing the giddy goat
playing tricks
kidding around
jesting
acting crazy
indulging in horseplay
joking around
engaging in high jinks
playing for laughs
larking around
having fun
horsing about
playing the goat
monkeying about
more ❯
“Lloyd says that a dip in the quality of teaching meant that some usually well-behaved primary school pupils began to
act up
.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to malfunction, or to fail to function altogether
malfunctioning
failing
crashing
stalling
breaking down
stopping working
going wrong
conking out
ceasing to function
giving out
going kaput
ceasing to work
playing up
developing a fault
going phut
packing up
going on the blink
breaking
dying
bombing
falling over
biting the dust
seizing up
going haywire
giving up the ghost
flopping
seizing
coming to a halt
jamming
misbehaving
giving trouble
going out of control
stopping functioning
having had it
stopping
collapsing
ceasing
terminating
busting
vitiating
spoiling
idling
compromising
damaging
pausing
endamaging
weakening
halting
discontinuing
attenuating
interrupting
yielding
degrading
giving up
giving way
shutting off
going down
cutting short
cutting off
giving in
cutting out
going to pieces
grinding to a halt
going
expiring
quitting
buckling
fizzling
folding
flaming out
going belly-up
tanking
caving in
crumpling
flunking
falling flat
cratering
giving
petering out
fading away
falling
fading out
flatlining
aborting
losing power
floundering
running down
fizzling out
foundering
coming unstuck
running aground
more ❯
“My laptop starts to
act up
and everything freezes for a few seconds.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to show off, especially with stunts or tricks
hotdogging
skylarking
grandstanding
posturing
impressing
strutting
swaggering
flaunting
flourishing
swanking
showboating
attracting attention
showing off
swaggering around
playing to the crowd
playing to the gallery
putting on airs
drawing attention to oneself
advertizing oneself
playing to the cheap seats
making a spectacle of
parading
posing
hot dogging
attitudinizing
prancing
flaunting it
behaving affectedly
striking an attitude
making a splash
copping an attitude
turning heads
making your presence felt
getting noticed
making one's presence felt
hams up
displaying
doing something for effect
trying to attract attention
making a show
flouncing
striking a pose
giving oneself airs
putting on an act
lording
swashbuckling
brandishing
behaving confidently
lording it
walking heavy
looking big
parading one's wares
Adjective
▲
Not available for use
out of service
not functioning
not working
broken
broken-down
defective
faulty
in disrepair
inoperative
non-functional
out of order
unserviceable
bust
conked out
down
gone haywire
gone kaput
gone phut
kaput
knackered
not in working order
out of commission
shot
jiggered
on the blink
wonky
on the fritz
out of whack
malfunctioning
busted
damaged
unsound
non-functioning
out of kilter
done for
playing up
inoperable
broken down
unusable
on its last legs
duff
out of action
finished
nonfunctional
dud
out of use
out
disabled
had it
worn-out
up the spout
unavailable
unfunctional
imperfect
ruined
unavailing
unproductive
dysfunctional
scrap
bootless
abortive
useless
nonoperating
nonfunctioning
kaputt
gone
worn out
doesn't work
conked-out
given up the ghost
gone bust
stopped working
packed up
old
dilapidated
done in
inoperational
non-operational
unoperational
rumpty
flawed
nonactive
hors de combat
ineffectual
unworkable
inefficacious
ineffective
inactive
incapacitated
crashed
clapped out
impaired
blemished
not functional
not in service
not in operation
not in use
unavailable for use
bad
buggy
sick
lemon
maimed
marred
spent
wracked
gone to pieces
exhausted
unsatisfactory
fallen apart
in the shop
weak
on the shelf
run-down
coming unglued
in need of repair
screwed up
haywire
gone to pot
feeble
coming unstuck
wrecked
dead
sunk
beat-up
injured
warped
doomed
done
cracked
deformed
scratched
torn
messed up
deteriorated
smashed
in a state of disrepair
ramshackle
crumbling
tumbledown
decayed
destroyed
spoilt
UK
spoiled
US
toast
in poor condition
bonkers
kerflooey
gone to rack and ruin
falling to pieces
wiped out
battered
dashed
lost
defeated
devastated
jacked up
totaled
run down
in flames
badly maintained
poorly maintained
worse for wear
no good
in ruins
at an end
down the tubes
down for the count
washed-up
down the drain
worthless
valueless
failed
off
S
U
ill-maintained
in repair
decommissioned
disfigured
past its best
malfunctional
on the bum
dented
buckled
shattered
through
maladjusted
unfit
undermined
debilitated
crushed
bankrupt
over
hurt
beaten
undone
drained
abnormal
thwarted
empty
liquidated
derelict
decrepit
over with
inhibited
dead and buried
over the hill
played out
gone to the wall
past it
wound up
neglected
in pieces
dinged
snafued
bent
flubbed
decaying
ruinous
in shreds
glitched
wounded
disintegrating
in tatters
in ashes
dead in the water
shambly
shacky
munted
fordone
irreparable
blasted
irremediable
no-go
loused up
in smithereens
fouled up
mucked up
botched
mutilated
harmed
falling apart
uncared-for
defunct
cooked
ended
extinct
floored
on the skids
out of circulation
burned out
belly-up
out of business
down and out
all washed up
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Deliberately exaggerated and theatrical in style
melodramatic
theatrical
histrionic
dramatic
stagy
theatric
exaggerated
stagey
hammy
operatic
actorly
sentimental
actressy
artificial
overdone
overdramatic
overemotional
extravagant
sensational
sensationalised
UK
sensationalized
US
ham
hokey
spectacular
over-sensational
blood-and-thunder
cloak-and-dagger
over-the-top
affected
forced
overacted
stilted
mannered
showy
unnatural
unreal
histrionical
flamboyant
ostentatious
overripe
comic
emotional
camp
campy
schmaltzy
staged
thespian
pretentious
tragic
barnstorming
pompous
meretricious
ceremonious
farcical
expressive
dramaturgical
vaudeville
stage
showbiz
dramaturgic
show-business
Thespian
animated
studied
splashy
catchy
overacting
unrestrained
overplayed
vivid
mushy
mawkish
slushy
maudlin
weepy
syrupy
gushing
tearful
contrived
insincere
put-on
fake
pseudo
strained
feigned
false
stiff
laboured
UK
mechanical
labored
US
chichi
self-conscious
put on
gone Hollywood
posturing
posed
pretended
Daliesque
wild
simulated
sham
OTT
assumed
mock
phoney
UK
camped up
over the top
spurious
bogus
far out
phony
US
plastic
pretend
elaborate
precious
arty-farty
factitious
hollow
genteel
highfaluting
simpering
apish
airish
conscious
artsy
nonnatural
stuck up
grandiose
highfalutin
posh
wooden
awkward
hifalutin
pedantic
poncey
unspontaneous
la-de-da
toffee-nosed
over-elaborate
hoity-toity
high-minded
high falutin'
high-flown
fancy-pants
la-di-da
more ❯
Noun
▲
The breach of a moral or legal code, rule, or standard
misdoing
breach
crime
debt
error
lawbreaking
malefaction
misdeed
offence
UK
offense
US
sin
transgression
trespass
violation
wrongdoing
fault
horseplay
immorality
impropriety
incivility
indiscipline
insubordination
mischief
misdemeanour
UK
misdemeanor
US
naughtiness
rudeness
shenanigans
monkey business
wrong
lapse
misbehaviour
UK
misbehavior
US
infringement
felony
infraction
delinquency
malfeasance
misconduct
peccadillo
scandal
immoral act
criminality
contravention
iniquity
illegality
vice
dereliction
illegal act
unlawful act
evil-doing
violation of the law
infraction of the law
breach of the law
fall from grace
act of wickedness
mischievousness
indiscretion
failing
guilt
atrocity
shortcoming
evildoing
criminal act
injury
act of dereliction
act of misconduct
breach of conduct
bad behaviour
improper act
evil act
lawlessness
negligence
outrage
impingement
abuse
villainy
miscue
slipup
malpractice
charge
perversity
evil deed
case
vandalism
dirty deed
dirty pool
delictum
depravity
delict
caper
tort
peccancy
veniality
disservice
fast one
unlawful activity
act of evil
wickedness
encroachment
slip
erring
breaking of the law
breaking
disobedience
non-observance
flouting
neglect
failure to observe
disregard
non-compliance with
nonobservance
defiance
noncompliance
corruption
unlawfulness
petty larceny
injustice
evil
dishonesty
grievance
unscrupulousness
overstepping
non-compliance
shaft
unjustness
damage
iniquitousness
oppression
illegitimacy
miscarriage
unprofessionalism
wrongness
maltreatment
railroad
ruin
sellout
raw deal
crying shame
dirty deal
petty crime
exceeding
inequity
disobeying
obstruction
departure from
wrongfulness
sordidness
vileness
baseness
abomination
break
hit
sneak
job
enormity
racket
inequitableness
unreasonableness
inequality
excess
unfairness
turpitude
dissolution
degeneracy
mortal sin
clandestineness
illicitness
antisocial behavior
evil behavior
travesty of justice
penalty
betrayal
shadiness
unseemliness
crookedness
indecorousness
disruption
indignity
incorrectness
inappropriateness
disturbance
indelicacy
unacceptability
breach of the rules
foul
infamy
faux pas
mismanagement
irregularity
interruption
incompetence
carelessness
invasion
misuse
unprofessional behavior
US
interference with
professional misconduct
unprofessional behaviour
UK
dereliction of duty
unethical behaviour
breach of ethics
more ❯
Noun
▲
Behavior that is inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected
misbehaviour
UK
mischief
naughtiness
mischievousness
misbehavior
US
rudeness
badness
misconduct
waywardness
troublesomeness
indiscipline
incivility
shenanigans
delinquency
bad behaviour
bad behavior
carryings-on
disorderly conduct
acting-up
bad manners
fooling around
poor manners
unprofessional behaviour
UK
unprofessional behavior
US
impishness
roguery
disobedience
troublemaking
wilfulness
disruptiveness
awkwardness
ill-discipline
horseplay
ungovernability
riotousness
insubordination
uncontrollability
devilry
rascality
monkey business
devilment
knavery
deviltry
roguishness
tomfoolery
waggishness
waggery
funny business
high jinks
pranks
devilishness
playfulness
wickedness
frolicsomeness
friskiness
prankishness
hob
sportiveness
tricks
hanky-panky
carry-on
capers
monkey tricks
diablerie
jiggery-pokery
goings-on
larks
nonsense
tricksiness
larkiness
sportfulness
coltishness
monkeyshines
perversity
misdemeanour
UK
trickery
clowning
buffoonery
misdemeanor
US
trouble
antics
horsing around
chicanery
skylarking
skulduggery
dishonesty
deception
machinations
subterfuge
deceit
roughhousing
intrigue
foolery
hijinks
prank
clownery
monkeying
roughhouse
slapstick
mischief-making
puckishness
hokey-pokey
monkey-business
misdeeds
devilishment
pranksomeness
scampishness
espièglerie
misdemeanours
UK
elfishness
misdemeanors
US
shenanigan
vandalism
gag
skullduggery
wile
artifice
legerdemain
jugglery
chicane
fourberie
gamesmanship
fraud
playing around
romping
fooling
rough-and-tumble
to-do
larking about
joking around
messing about
double-dealing
hankie-pankie
sharp practice
dirty pool
dirty trick
silliness
didoes
foolish behaviour
UK
foolishness
play
exuberance
fun and games
practical jokes
rough play
rowdiness
fun
rough and tumble
boisterousness
foolish behavior
US
rough-housing
carrying-on
clowning around
joking
jesting
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