Behavioral Terms

noun rough or boisterous play or pranks

verb None

adjective None

adverb None

pronoun None

preposition None

conjunction None

interjection None

article None

• The school has a zero-tolerance policy for horseplay in the hallways.
• Stop with the horseplay and focus on the task at hand.
• The boys were engaging in some serious horseplay at the park.
• Their argument turned into a verbal horseplay with no one willing to back down.

noun the quality or state of being bad; the degree to which something is bad

• The badness of the situation was apparent to everyone involved.
• I can't believe the level of badness in that movie.
• The badness of his attitude is really starting to get on my nerves.
• The badness of her actions left a lasting impact on those around her.