to misbehave
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2.8
- verb
- /ˌmɪs.bɪˈheɪv/
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portarse mal
- Rather than raising her voice when the children misbehaved, she'd lower her pitch, compelling them to listen.
- a misbehaving student
- a misbehaving child
- misbehave for attention
And yeah, sometimes I'd get beat for misbehaving or being a dickhead.
- And yeah, sometimes I'd get beat for misbehaving or being a dickhead.
- Often times we refer to a misbehaving or petulant child in a joke.
- Dude, running through the house with a pickle in my mouth ain't no misbehaving.
- It's only a spoiled, misbehaving child hoping somehow to still have dessert.
- My child is misbehaving, but I also know that they are really very good deep down.
- And you know, when you're a kid trying to misbehave, you know, everybody knows everybody is annoying.
- And the teacher is who holds the keys to what's on your report card that your parents are going to judge you by is saying, well, you're misbehaving for interrupting us.
- But if he's misbehaving on the Internet, whether he post that woman or not does not change that.
- But Let's Misbehave is a very telling title.
- I think, you know, misbehaving parties and stuff.
- And that's where the misbehaving comes from, that I think you're like me.
Examples
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If any person continues to misbehave, the matter should be reported to his superior.
Academic text (1992) -
When punishment is administered, students become less involved, misbehave more often, and achieve at lower levels.
Academic text (1994) -
What it allows the children to do is misbehave for your attention.
Academic text (2013) -
My child is misbehaving, but I also know that they are really very good deep down.
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Well, if someone does misbehave, there will be several steps along the way before their reputation starts deteriorating, right?
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Some teachers experience considerable frustration in trying to change a misbehaving student's behavior.
Academic text (1998) -
Everybody misbehaves some time.
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That's why asking the child who misbehaved why he or she did it may be unproductive.
Academic text (1998) -
Rather, she scolded the students for misbehaving for the substitute teacher who'd been there the day before.
Academic text (1998) -
When children misbehave, it's important for parents to calmly address the situation.
Synonyms
32
5.5
Show strong feelings by behaving badly instead of talking
28
4.8
To behave badly or to stop working properly
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Etymology
The word misbehave is made of mis- meaning 'wrong' and behave meaning 'to act', just like in mistake or misunderstand. So, to misbehave is to 'act wrongly' or 'behave badly'.