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misbehaving

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Synonyms & Antonyms of misbehaving

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engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior

a new approach for disciplining a chronically misbehaving child

Synonyms for misbehaving

bad,
contrary,
errant,
froward,
mischievous,
naughty

Words Related to misbehaving

defiant,
disrespectful,
ill-mannered,
ill-natured,
impolite,
improper,
impudent,
indecorous,
insolent,
rude,
uncouth,
unmannerly

disobedient,
headstrong,
intractable,
obstreperous,
recalcitrant,
refractory,
transgressing,
unruly,
untoward,
willful
(or wilful)

balky,
restive,
uncontrollable,
ungovernable,
wayward,
wild

arch,
elfish,
impish,
knavish,
monkeying,
monkeyish,
ornery,
pixieish,
prankish,
rascally,
roguish,
waggish

dissolute,
perverse,
wrongheaded

disorderly,
rowdy,
ruffianly

corrupt,
evil,
wicked

insurgent,
mutinous,
rebellious

disobliging,
inconsiderate,
selfish,
thoughtless,
unkind,
unkindly

babyish,
childish,
immature,
infantile,
jejune,
juvenile,
kiddish,
puerile

Near Antonyms for misbehaving

acquiescent,
compliant,
complying,
dutiful,
obedient,
submissive

clean,
correct,
decent,
decorous,
moral,
proper,
respectable

considerate,
courteous,
kindly,
mannerly,
polite,
thoughtful

angelic
(or angelical),
cherubic,
divine,
heavenly

amenable,
docile,
governable,
tractable

amiable,
complaisant,
good-natured,
obliging,
pleasant

discreet,
modest

adult,
grown-up,
mature

Antonyms for misbehaving

behaved,
behaving,
nice,
orderly

misbehaving

verb

present participle of misbehave

Synonyms & Antonyms of misbehaving (Entry 2 of 2)

to behave badly

scolded the children for misbehaving and sent them to bed early

Synonyms for misbehaving

acting out,
acting up,
carrying on

Words Related to misbehaving

misconducting

disobeying,
rebelling

clowning (around),
cutting up,
fooling around,
horsing around,
kidding (around)

showing off

roughhousing

Phrases Synonymous with misbehaving

raising Cain
(or raising hell),
running riot

Near Antonyms for misbehaving

obeying

acquitting,
acting,
bearing,
comporting,
conducting,
demeaning,
deporting,
quitting

complying,
conforming

checking,
collecting,
composing,
constraining,
containing,
controlling,
curbing,
handling,
inhibiting,
moving,
quieting,
repressing,
restraining

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