Misbehave Synonyms and Antonyms

mĭsbĭ-hāv
To behave in a rowdy, improper, or unruly fashion
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. act up
  2. carry on
  3. misconduct
  4. cut up
  5. horse around
  6. misdemean
Antonyms:
  1. behave
  2. obey
To work improperly due to mechanical difficulties
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. act up
  2. transgress
  3. do wrong
  4. do evil
  5. sin
  6. fail
  7. trip
  8. blunder
  9. work iniquity
  10. offend
  11. trespass
  12. behave badly
  13. misdo
  14. err
  15. lapse
  16. be delinquent
  17. be at fault
  18. be culpable
  19. be blameworthy
  20. be guilty
  21. be censurable
  22. be reprehensible
  23. be bad
  24. misdemean oneself
  25. forget-oneself
  26. misconduct oneself
  27. be immoral
  28. be dissolute
  29. be disreputable
  30. be indecorous
  31. carry on
  32. be naughty
  33. go astray
  34. take a wrong course
  35. disobey
  36. deviate from the path of virtue
  37. sow-one-s-wild-oats
  38. cut up
  39. screw up
  40. malfunction
Antonyms:
  1. behave
  2. be good
  3. do well

Words Related to Misbehave

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. good
  2. thrive
  3. get-into-trouble
  4. pester

Misbehave Sentence Examples

  • I tell them that the teachers in school must be obeyed, you must not misbehave.

  • Children also commonly misbehave when they are deprived of adult attention or when they are tired, bored, or hungry.

  • Anna was very worried about her son going to kindergarten because he has a proclivity to misbehave.

  • Some of these children never seem to find their place in the social order, and they try to rebel or misbehave in order to draw attention to themselves.

  • The teacher gave the unruly student a caveat; if he continued to misbehave he would end up in detention.

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