misbehaving
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English misbehaving, equivalent to misbehave + -ing.
Noun[edit]
misbehaving (countable and uncountable, plural misbehavings)
- bad conduct or actions
- 1997, Jo-Anne Elder, Colin O’Connell, Voices and Echoes:
- My misbehavings make him cry?
- 2013, Vitalis Chi Nwaneri, We Are At War:
- While he fears that the father may be angry for his misbehaving, a child would never fear that the father will kill him for misbehaving.
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
misbehaving
- present participle and gerund of misbehave