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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 working
Deliberately exaggerated and theatrical in style
Noun
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
getting up to no good
playing up
transgressing
trespassing
sinning
getting up to mischief
going wrong
doing wrong
going astray
raising Cain
running riot
offending
deviating
mucking about
making trouble
fooling around
lapsing
falling from grace
stirring the pot
forgetting oneself
giving someone trouble
getting into mischief
degenerating
bending the law
stirring up trouble
straying
going undisciplined
erring
blotting your copybook
falling
wandering
acting improperly
misconducting
roughhousing
showing poor manners
showing bad manners
doing evil
taking a wrong turn
straying from the straight and narrow
breaking the law
committing an offence
giving trouble
digressing
crossing the line
cheating
backsliding
committing a crime
taking the primrose path
breaking law
offending against God
wallowing in the mire
succumbing to temptation
committing a sin
breaking commandment
living in sin
behaving inappropriately
committing crime
overstepping
doing
breaking the rules
slipping up
violating the law
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
causing a commotion
causing a fuss
creating
yukking it up
acting out
goofing off
playing around
losing it
capering
whooping it up
joking
playing
playing jokes
rollicking
frolicking
gambolling
UK
gamboling
US
sporting
frisking
prancing
jumping
disporting
skipping
dancing
reveling
US
revelling
UK
cutting capers
kicking up one's heels
hopping
springing
leaping
bouncing
bounding
having fun
curveting
curvetting
playing the fool
puttering around
kicking around
letting loose
cutting loose
hanging about
fiddling around
larking about
enjoying oneself
goofing around
pottering around
mucking up
tripping
trifling
dallying
amusing oneself
caprioling
jigging
entertaining oneself
carousing
idling away
making merry
having a good time
fribbling
larking around
doodling
idling
lollygagging
engaging in games
jesting
playing games
amusing yourself
roistering
bobbing
horseplaying
caracoling
monkeying about
going on a tear
raising hell
playing for laughs
letting off steam
jumping around
springing about
bounding around
bounding about
kidding around
leaping about
springing around
jumping about
fiddling about
futzing
footling
loitering
twiddling
dilly-dallying
wasting time
lounging
dawdling
cutting a caper
cutting
toying
relaxing
resting
letting go
diverting oneself
disporting oneself
fiddling
occupying oneself
fooling
letting your hair down
enjoying yourself
kidding
rejoicing
going on a spree
recreating
diverting
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
foundering
fizzling
falling flat
aborting
floundering
miscarrying
folding
falling through
coming to grief
coming to nothing
meeting with disaster
going awry
fizzling out
falling short
going up in smoke
going pear-shaped
backfiring
missing
boomeranging
misfiring
rebounding
blundering
slipping
recoiling
falling
tanking
coming to naught
running aground
coming a cropper
going amiss
petering out
coming unstuck
going
declining
deteriorating
backsliding
missing the mark
turning out badly
losing control
going downhill
hitting bottom
going down swinging
backing wrong horse
losing out
playing into
ganging agley
missing the boat
going astray
hitting the skids
losing status
pooping out
failing to go off
fizzing out
not coming off
buckling
giving
crumpling
flunking
flatlining
cratering
going to the wall
coming to a bad end
going on the rocks
going down like a lead balloon
coming to a sticky end
meeting with failure
losing power
flaming out
going belly-up
caving in
fading away
fading out
running down
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
attitudinizing
hot dogging
behaving affectedly
prancing
striking an attitude
copping an attitude
flaunting it
making a splash
striking a pose
giving oneself airs
turning heads
putting on an act
making your presence felt
getting noticed
making one's presence felt
displaying
hams up
doing something for effect
trying to attract attention
making a show
playing to audience
flouncing
lording
swashbuckling
brandishing
bigfooting
behaving confidently
lording it
walking heavy
looking big
parading one's wares
Adjective
▲
Not working
broken
defective
faulty
inoperative
kaput
malfunctioning
broken-down
bust
damaged
non-functioning
unsound
busted
in disrepair
inoperable
not working
disabled
down
finished
imperfect
not functioning
out
ruined
wonky
knackered
out of commission
out of kilter
shot
spent
wracked
duff
exhausted
feeble
gone
haywire
unsatisfactory
unusable
weak
conked out
done for
gone haywire
not in working order
on the blink
out of order
playing up
run-down
worn-out
coming unglued
coming unstuck
conked-out
fallen apart
had it
screwed up
gone phut
gone to pieces
gone to pot
in the shop
on the fritz
on the shelf
out of whack
in need of repair
on its last legs
unserviceable
gone kaput
non-functional
out of service
broken down
nonfunctional
out of action
dud
jiggered
out of use
up the spout
unavailable
unfunctional
nonfunctioning
nonoperating
useless
kaputt
unavailing
unproductive
dysfunctional
scrap
bootless
abortive
inactive
incapacitated
doesn't work
worn out
given up the ghost
gone bust
stopped working
packed up
bonkers
kerflooey
dilapidated
inoperational
ineffective
unworkable
ineffectual
nonactive
inefficacious
flawed
unoperational
impaired
blemished
bad
buggy
done in
clapped out
sick
lemon
maimed
marred
non-operational
crashed
hors de combat
not functional
not in operation
not in service
not in use
unavailable for use
wrecked
sunk
dead
doomed
beat-up
injured
warped
done
destroyed
cracked
deformed
toast
scratched
torn
messed up
deteriorated
smashed
in a state of disrepair
ramshackle
dashed
crumbling
tumbledown
lost
decayed
spoilt
UK
spoiled
US
defeated
in poor condition
gone to rack and ruin
falling to pieces
washed-up
wiped out
battered
shattered
devastated
jacked up
totaled
beaten
undone
thwarted
run down
in flames
no good
badly maintained
poorly maintained
worse for wear
in ruins
at an end
down the tubes
down for the count
down the drain
worthless
valueless
failed
DOA
off
on the bum
decommissioned
ill-maintained
past its best
defective on arrival
disfigured
through
malfunctional
dented
bankrupt
in repair
drained
buckled
whacked
vanquished
empty
liquidated
maladjusted
unfit
undermined
debilitated
crushed
over with
dead and buried
over the hill
played out
gone to the wall
past it
wound up
over
hurt
abnormal
in hot water
in dire straits
in deep trouble
in serious trouble
derelict
decrepit
inhibited
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
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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
campy
camp
schmaltzy
staged
pretentious
tragic
barnstorming
pompous
meretricious
ceremonious
farcical
expressive
thespian
dramaturgical
vaudeville
stage
overacting
unrestrained
showbiz
dramaturgic
show-business
Thespian
animated
studied
splashy
catchy
overplayed
vivid
mushy
mawkish
slushy
maudlin
weepy
syrupy
gushing
tearful
contrived
insincere
put-on
false
fake
strained
feigned
stiff
pseudo
laboured
UK
mechanical
labored
US
chichi
self-conscious
put on
gone Hollywood
posturing
pretended
simulated
sham
assumed
mock
phoney
UK
spurious
Daliesque
wild
bogus
phony
US
OTT
camped up
over the top
plastic
pretend
far out
factitious
hollow
nonnatural
wooden
awkward
unspontaneous
tacky
cheesy
kitschy
tawdry
silly
corny
vulgar
posed
genteel
grandiose
elaborate
highfalutin
highfaluting
simpering
apish
artsy
posh
hifalutin
arty-farty
pedantic
poncey
stuck up
la-de-da
toffee-nosed
over-elaborate
hoity-toity
high-minded
high falutin'
high-flown
fancy-pants
la-di-da
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
playfulness
friskiness
tomfoolery
rascality
tricksiness
roguishness
waggishness
prankishness
frolicsomeness
pranks
devilment
larkiness
larks
waggery
pranksomeness
capers
scampishness
espièglerie
puckishness
nonsense
trouble
deviltry
knavery
tricks
devilishness
carry-on
monkey tricks
high jinks
jiggery-pokery
coltishness
monkey business
funny business
sportfulness
goings-on
hanky-panky
sportiveness
elfishness
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