Antonyms for act out
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : akt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ækt |
Definition of act out
Origin :- mid-15c., "to act upon or adjudicate" a legal case; 1590s in the theatrical sense, from Latin actus, past participle of agere (see act (n.)). To act up "be unruly" is from 1903. To act out "behave anti-socially" (1974) is from psychiatric sense of "expressing one's unconscious impulses or desires." Related: Acted; acting.
- As in perform : verb act, depict as entertainment
- As in personify : verb represent some other being, character
- As in act up (misbehave) : verb misbehave badly
- As in act up : verb misbehave
- As in signalize : verb gesture
- As in gesture/gesticulate : verb make signs, motions to communicate
- As in impersonate : verb pretend to be another
- They are—I mean they act out a king and queen and their court.
- Extract from : « Prince Vance » by Eleanor Putnam
- It could not act in its own province, unless it had a right to act out of it.
- Extract from : « Apologia Pro Vita Sua » by John Henry Cardinal Newman
- Let's start in at the beginnin' 'n' act out the whole business.
- Extract from : « The Bird's Christmas Carol » by Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Choose some one for each of the parts and see if you can act out this story.
- Extract from : « The Later Cave-Men » by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
- Act out part of this story and let some one guess what it is.
- Extract from : « The Later Cave-Men » by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
- We want to know unmistakably what to believe, and how to act out our belief.
- Extract from : « True to his Colours » by Theodore P. Wilson
- Whatever the dream may be, I am too genuine a coward to act out my own death in it.
- Extract from : « The Marble Faun, Volume II. » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- He did not see that he had any part to act out more than he had always had.
- Extract from : « The Wonderful Story of Lincoln » by Charles M. Stevens
- I had fully recovered myself, and was prepared to act out my part.
- Extract from : « Vendetta » by Marie Corelli
- It is natural also for children to act out the stories they hear.
- Extract from : « Games and Songs of American Children » by Various
Synonyms for act out
- act
- act a part
- act like
- act out
- ape
- appear as
- assume character
- be bad
- be on
- be out of line
- behave badly
- body forth
- bring down the house
- carry on
- contain
- copy
- discourse
- display
- ditto
- do
- do a number
- do a turn
- do an impression of
- double as
- dramatize
- dress as
- emblematize
- embody
- emote
- enact
- epitomize
- execute
- exemplify
- exhibit
- express
- exteriorize
- externalize
- fake
- flag
- fool around
- gesticulate
- give
- give the high sign
- go on
- ham
- ham it up
- hominify
- horseplay
- humanize
- illustrate
- image
- imitate
- impersonate
- incarnate
- indicate
- live as
- make human
- make like
- make trouble
- manifest
- masquerade as
- materialize
- mime
- mimic
- mirror
- misbehave
- motion
- objectify
- offer
- pantomime
- pass oneself off as
- perform
- personate
- personize
- play
- play a role
- playact
- portray
- pose as
- present
- produce
- put on
- put on an act
- raise hell
- rebel
- render
- represent
- set a bad example
- show
- show off
- sign
- signal
- signalize
- sow one's wild oats
- stage
- substantiate
- symbolize
- take the part of
- tread the boards
- typify
- use one's hands
- use sign language
- wave
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