hellraiser
/ˈhɛlreɪzə
/noun
A person who causes trouble by drinking, being violent, or otherwise behaving outrageously.Yet another chapter has been opened in the life of Pete Townshend, whose past as a hellraiser has seen him struggle with addiction to drink and drugs....
- AC/DC, MC5 and the Dead Kennedys are all standard texts for guitar-toting hellraisers.
- Chapman couldn't help but notice that the brothers were remarkably well-behaved, contrary to their reputation for being rock 'n' roll hellraisers.
Derivatives
hellraising
- He displays a hedonism and love of the good life (as he sees it) that mirrors the promiscuous and hellraising lifestyle Liam had.
- His own career in apparently terminal decline due to a reputation as a prima donna and serial problems with narcotics addiction, the hellraising actor has apparently not spoken to his sister in years.
- While the hellraising days of alcohol-fuelled larrikinism and broken marriages might be behind him, at 70 he's on the road more often than not.