hell-raising
Wild disruptive behavior
Hell-raising is wild, disruptive, or recklessly boisterous behavior—causing trouble for its own sake or in defiance of authority.
Someone who is hell-raising creates chaos, whether through rowdy partying, public disturbances, or general mayhem: a hell-raising youth, his hell-raising days in college.
The term suggests energy and defiance more than malice.
Boisterous drinking spree
- partyingSocial revelry in progress
- debaucheryExtreme indulgence in vices
- bingeingUncontrolled excessive intake
- raucousLoud and disorderly
wild nights · bender · pub crawl · boozing · riotous · merrymaking · bacchanalian · barhopping
Deliberately causing discord
- rabble-rousingInciting mob sentiment
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- agitationDisturbed, restless state
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
unruliness · insubordination · rowdiness · insurgence · revolt · mutiny · anarchy · protest
Actively pursuing political support
- protestingExpressing strong public disapproval
- confrontationDirect hostile encounter
- demonstratingShowing by example
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
rabble-rousing · crusading · advocacy · militancy · outspokenness · organizing · agitating · grassroots
carousing
Boisterous drinking spree
- partyingSocial revelry in progress
- debaucheryExtreme indulgence in vices
- bingeingUncontrolled excessive intake
raucous · wild nights · bender · pub crawl · boozing · riotous · merrymaking · bacchanalian · barhopping · excess
troublemaking
Deliberately causing discord
- rabble-rousingInciting mob sentiment
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- agitationDisturbed, restless state
disruption · unruliness · insubordination · rowdiness · insurgence · revolt · mutiny · anarchy · protest · dissent
campaigning
Actively pursuing political support
- protestingExpressing strong public disapproval
- confrontationDirect hostile encounter
- demonstratingShowing by example
picketing · rabble-rousing · crusading · advocacy · militancy · outspokenness · organizing · agitating · grassroots · mobilizing
- mischiefmischief, hijinks, antics, pranks, antic
- revelryrevelry, revel, festivity, festivities, celebration
- rowdinessrowdiness, boisterousness, raucousness, unruliness, roughhousing
hell-raisingquiet
Lacking in sound
meek · mild-mannered · well-behaved · docile · subdued
hell-raisingcompliant
Yielding to others' wishes
obedient · conformist · law-abiding · dutiful · rule-following
hell, raise, raised, raising, raises, raiser, raisers, hells, hellish