Past tense of misbehave
regular verb
The past tense of misbehave is misbehaved. The past participle is also misbehaved.
Forms of misbehave
| Base form (V1) | misbehave |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | misbehaved |
| Past participle (V3) | misbehaved |
| Present participle | misbehaving |
| Third person singular | misbehaves |
Misbehaved in a sentence
- In the old days the teacher would rap someone's knuckles with a ruler if they misbehaved in class.From the entry rap someone's knuckles
Meaning of misbehave
- verb To act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner.
Questions about the past tense of misbehave
- What is the past tense of misbehave?
- The past tense of misbehave is misbehaved.
- What is the past participle of misbehave?
- The past participle of misbehave is misbehaved.
- Is misbehave a regular or irregular verb?
- Misbehave is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: misbehave (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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