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misbehave
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb misbehave has 1 sense
- misbehave(v = verb.social) misconduct, misdemean - behave badly; "The children misbehaved all morning" is one way to act, move
Antonym: behave
Derived form noun misbehavior1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
misbehave, v. t. & i.
To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
misbehave, v.intr. & refl. (of a person or machine) behave badly.
Derivative
misbehaver n. misbehaviour n.
ROGET THESAURUS
misbehave
Vulgarity
VB be vulgar, misbehave, talk shop, smell of the shop.Undueness
VB be undue, not be due, infringe, encroach, trench on, exact, arrogate, arrogate to oneself, give an inch and take an ell, stretch a point, strain a point, usurp, violate, do violence to, disfranchise, disentitle, disqualify, invalidate, relax, misbehave, misbecome.Vice
VB be vicious, sin, commit sin, do amiss, err, transgress, misdemean oneself, forget oneself, misconduct oneself, misdo, misbehave, fall, lapse, slip, trip, offend, trespass, deviate from the line of duty, deviate from the path of virtue, take a wrong course, go astray, hug a sin, hug a fault, sow one's wild oats, render vicious, demoralize, brutalize, corrupt.
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