hell-raiser

1 of 1noun

/ˈhɛlˌreɪzər/

Forms:hell-raisers

1

a person who frequently engages in wild or reckless behavior, often in a way that is disruptive or damaging to themselves or others

As a teenager, he was known as a hell-raiser who constantly broke the rules.
His reputation as a hell-raiser made him both admired and feared.
The rock star was a notorious hell-raiser, famous for wild parties.
The bar banned the group of hell-raisers after too many fights.
The town’s biggest hell-raiser always found himself in trouble with the law.