Synonyms of acted out

acted out

verb

past tense of act out

as in raised 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

• raised hell
• ran riot
• disobeyed
• acted up
• carried on
• rebelled
• misconducted
• raised Cain
• misbehaved
• cut up
• showed off
• kidded (around)
• fooled around
• horsed around
• clowned (around)
• roughhoused

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conducted
• obeyed
• acted
• bore
• quit
• acquitted
• deported
• complied
• contained
• controlled
• collected
• composed
• moved
• handled
• checked
• conformed
• quitted
• inhibited
• constrained
• restrained
• comported
• demeaned
• repressed
• quieted
• curbed