Misbehaving

Synonyms for "misbehaving" (30 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Verb(5 words)
act improperlyact outbreak rulesdefiantdeviate from policy

Strong matches (9)

Verb(6 words)
disobeydisruptiveengage in misconducterraticfail to operatefaulty
Adjective(1 words)
errant thrower

Related words (15)

Related word relations

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15 entries
conduct disorderdefiant attitudedisciplinary infractiondisobedient conductdisruptive behaviorethics violationhardware faultintermittent failureintermittent faultprofessional misconductrule violationsoftware glitchsystem crashunruly conductunstable operation

Collocations

12 entries
misbehaving childmisbehaving childrenmisbehaving devicemisbehaving devicesmisbehaving during lecturesmisbehaving in classmisbehaving participantsmisbehaving programmisbehaving softwaremisbehaving studentmisbehaving studentsmisbehaving system

Inflections

4 entries
misbehavedmisbehavesmore misbehavingmost misbehaving

Derivations

4 entries

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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Tom was misbehaving.

Source: tatoeba (2244722)

You must avoid misbehaving in order to be a honourable person.

Source: tatoeba (2659525)

As soon as you start misbehaving, Father Christmas will not come to see you.

Source: tatoeba (5145613)

They both got sent to the principal's office for misbehaving in class.

Source: tatoeba (5167810)

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