misbehave
misbehave verb: to act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner.
Verb
misbehave (third-person singular simple present misbehaves, present participle misbehaving, simple past and past participle misbehaved)
- To act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner.
- He doesn't mean to misbehave; he just doesn't know better.
misbehave meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
misbehave in Hindi
- act in an inappropriate manner
- दुर्व्यवहार durvyavhār, दुराचार durācār
misbehave in Tamil
- தவறாக நட, நெறி தவறிநட
misbehave in Urdu
- بدچلنی کرنا, بدتمیزی کرنا
misbehave in Bengali
- অন্যায়, অসদাচরণ, শিষ্টাচারবহির্ভূত আচরণ
More languagesFewer languages
- misbehave in Malayalam
- മോശമായി പെരുമാറുക, അപര്യാദയായി പെരുമാറുക, അവചരിക്കുക, തെറ്റായരീതിയിൽ പെരുമാറുക
- misbehave in Kannada
- ಅಯೋಗ್ಯವಾಗಿ ವರ್ತಿಸು, ಅಸಭ್ಯವಾಗಿ ನಡೆದುಕೊ, ಅನುಚಿತವಾಗಿ ವರ್ತಿಸು, ತಪ್ಪುನಡೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳು
- misbehave in Arabic
- أَسَاءَ التَّصَرُّف ʔasāʔa t-taṣarruf
Examples of misbehave in a sentence
- After misbehaving in class, George was given a referral for disrupting class and sent to the office.
- A nonvolatile variable may misbehave if accessed from multiple threads at once.
- My little sister is so spoiled. She always gets her way, even when she misbehaves.
Synonyms of misbehave
Forms of misbehave
| third-person singular present | misbehaves |
|---|---|
| present participle | misbehaving |
| past participle | misbehaved |
| past | misbehaved |
Origin of misbehave
From Middle English misbehaven, equivalent to mis- + behave.
Words formed from misbehave
Words that rhyme with misbehave
Questions about misbehave
- What does misbehave mean?
- Misbehave means to act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner.
- What is misbehave in Hindi?
- Misbehave in Hindi is दुर्व्यवहार (durvyavhār), दुराचार (durācār). See Misbehave meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is misbehave?
- Misbehave is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misbehave?
- The past tense of misbehave is misbehaved.
Words near misbehave in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: misbehave (page history and authors); misbehave (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misbehave (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misbehave (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misbehave (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); misbehave (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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