misbehave

English

Etymology

From Middle English misbehaven, equivalent to mis- +‎ behave.

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -eɪv

Verb

misbehave (third-person singular simple present misbehaves, present participle misbehaving, simple past and past participle misbehaved)

1. (intransitive or reflexive) To act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner.

   He doesn't mean to misbehave; he just doesn't know better.

Synonyms

• go it, carry on

Translations

act in an inappropriate manner

• Bulgarian: държа се зле (dǎrža se zle)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏍᎦᏅᎦ (asganvga)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: miskonduti
• Finnish: käyttäytyä huonosti, käyttäytyä rumasti, riehua (fi)
• French: mal se conduire
• Greek: ατακτώ (el) (ataktó)
• Maori: haututū, tīhoihoi
• Polish: być niegrzecznym, źle się zachowywać, łobuzować impf, broić (pl) impf, rojbrować impf (dialectal)
• Russian: плохо себя вести (ploxo sebja vesti)
• Spanish: portarse mal (es), comportarse mal

See also

• misbehavior, misbehaviour