What is another word for acting up?

Pronunciation: [ˈaktɪŋ ˈʌp] (IPA)

Acting up is a term used to describe a person's misbehavior or inappropriate conduct. There are many synonyms that can be used in place of acting up, depending on the context in which the term is being used. Some common synonyms include misbehaving, acting out, being disobedient, causing a disturbance, and throwing a tantrum. Other synonyms include rebelling, stirring things up, creating chaos, and causing trouble. If a person is acting up in a more aggressive or violent manner, some alternative synonyms include going berserk, lashing out, or becoming uncontrollable. Ultimately, the synonym used will depend on the situation and the degree of the person's inappropriate behavior.

What are the hypernyms for Acting up?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Acting up

  • I was studying to be an architect, I wasn't plotting to join the movies. Films were just another career option. I took acting up with the same schoolgirl enthusiasm I had for examinations. Acting is a job and I take it very seriously.
    Aishwarya Rai
  • Take movement for example. Forces acting up, down, or from side to side. You make theories to explain it all, but you might well remember that it was you that invented them all. For Mach there was no reason to believe the rest of the cosmos was doing what your little bit was doing, so science should only describe not try to explain. Even description is relative. Am I moving or is the back ground? Or take the position of a star. It depends on the position you see it from, which depends on the date and time, which in turn depends on the position of the earth, in a solar orbit, in a solar system, moving around the edge of a Galaxy which may be moving away from other Galaxies. Say that you've decided that I'm moving and the background is standing still. Is the background moving relative to something else?
    James Burke (science historian)

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