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adjective

Definition of misbehavingnext
as in naughty
engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior a new approach for disciplining a chronically misbehaving child

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misbehaving

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verb

present participle of misbehave
as in disobeying
to behave badly scolded the children for misbehaving and sent them to bed early

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misbehaving
  1. naughty
  2. mischievous
  3. bad
Adjective
  • Making things worse, someone out there was naughty, preventing Santa from conducting his typical year-end rally in the stock market.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2025
  • A little naughty and a little nice, the delectable scent spotlights black cherry, Bourbon vanilla, hazelnut and almond cream.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of naughty
Adjective
  • Her mischievous blue eyes and sparkle are remembered with fondness.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
  • There was a brief flurry of excitement this week when Coritiba, a club in the Brazilian second division, announced that Neymar would be signing for them, but that turned out to be the result of some mischievous scamps who hacked their website.
    Nick Miller, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of mischievous
Adjective
  • That wasn't as bad as forecast, especially in areas south of the city, where temperatures rose enough to prevent icing.
    CBS News, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Some of them haven't been that bad, and some of them have been egregious.
    Mike Miller, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of bad
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