misbehave
[mis-bi-heyv]
verb (used without object), mis·be·haved, mis·be·hav·ing.
to behave badly or improperly: The children misbehaved during our visit.
verb (used with object), mis·be·haved, mis·be·hav·ing.
to conduct (oneself) without regard for good manners or accepted moral standards: Several of the guests misbehaved themselves.
Origin of misbehave
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Contemporary Examples of misbehave
He is, you sense, trying not to misbehave, while remaining human and not becoming a Royal cyborg.
And yet it is the privilege of the prince and the sultan to misbehave.
Historical Examples of misbehave
Granted that they wished to misbehave, it was pleasant for them to be able to do so.
A Room With A ViewE. M. Forster
And if you try to hook it, or misbehave anyways, you get put in solitary.
Pippin; A Wandering FlameLaura E. Richards
He urged me to do likewise, to misbehave, to sin with officers of the garrison.
UlyssesJames Joyce
When their ichor is up, they misbehave as we do when our blood is up, during the fury of war.
Homer and His AgeAndrew Lang
On land it's bad enough for us to misbehave; but submarine sentiment!
The Fighting ChanceRobert W. Chambers
misbehave
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