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misbehavior

UK/ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvjə(ɹ)//ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvjɚ/

misbehavior noun: action or conduct that is inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected.

Noun

misbehavior (countable and uncountable, plural misbehaviors)

  1. (US) Action or conduct that is inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected.
    • The teacher did not tolerate misbehavior in his classroom.

misbehavior meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

misbehavior in Hindi

conduct that is inappropriate
दुराचार durācār, दुर्व्यवहार durvyavhār

misbehavior in Tamil

தவறான நடத்தை

misbehavior in Bengali

misbehavior, improper conduct
অক্রিয়াচরণ okriẏacoron

misbehavior in Malayalam

conduct that is inappropriate
ദുസ്സ്വഭാവം dussvabhāvaṁ

Synonyms of misbehavior

Forms of misbehavior

pluralmisbehaviors
alternative UKmisbehaviour

Plural of misbehavior: misbehaviors

Origin of misbehavior

From mis- + behavior.

Questions about misbehavior

What does misbehavior mean?
Misbehavior means action or conduct that is inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected.
What is misbehavior in Hindi?
Misbehavior in Hindi is दुराचार (durācār), दुर्व्यवहार (durvyavhār). See Misbehavior meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is misbehavior?
Misbehavior is a noun.
How do you pronounce misbehavior?
Misbehavior is pronounced /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvjə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of misbehavior?
The plural of misbehavior is misbehaviors.

Words near misbehavior in the dictionary

  1. misbehavers
  2. misbehaves
  3. misbehavin'
  4. misbehaving
  5. misbehavings
  6. misbehavior
  7. misbehavioral
  8. misbehaviors
  9. misbehaviour
  10. misbehavioural
  11. misbehaviours

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misbehavior (page history and authors); misbehavior (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অক্রিয়াচরণ (Bengali) (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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