Ill-behaved

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    badly behaved; exhibiting bad behaviour.

    "That boy is ill-behaved: he is always naughty."

Synonyms

All synonyms
baddifficultdisobedientmischievousnaughtypaw

Example

More examples

"That boy is ill-behaved: he is always naughty."

Etymology

From ill + behaved.

More for "ill-behaved"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.