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I believe that people are fundamentally are decent. And, yes, you will have people that sometimes will misbehave.
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Meaning of "misbehave" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MISBEHAVE

misbehave  [ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISBEHAVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Misbehave is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb misbehave in English.

WHAT DOES MISBEHAVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of misbehave in the English dictionary

The definition of misbehave in the dictionary is to behave badly.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MISBEHAVE

PRESENT

Present
I misbehave
you misbehave
he/she/it misbehaves
we misbehave
you misbehave
they misbehave
Present continuous
I am misbehaving
you are misbehaving
he/she/it is misbehaving
we are misbehaving
you are misbehaving
they are misbehaving
Present perfect
I have misbehaved
you have misbehaved
he/she/it has misbehaved
we have misbehaved
you have misbehaved
they have misbehaved
Present perfect continuous
I have been misbehaving
you have been misbehaving
he/she/it has been misbehaving
we have been misbehaving
you have been misbehaving
they have been misbehaving
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I misbehaved
you misbehaved
he/she/it misbehaved
we misbehaved
you misbehaved
they misbehaved
Past continuous
I was misbehaving
you were misbehaving
he/she/it was misbehaving
we were misbehaving
you were misbehaving
they were misbehaving
Past perfect
I had misbehaved
you had misbehaved
he/she/it had misbehaved
we had misbehaved
you had misbehaved
they had misbehaved
Past perfect continuous
I had been misbehaving
you had been misbehaving
he/she/it had been misbehaving
we had been misbehaving
you had been misbehaving
they had been misbehaving
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will misbehave
you will misbehave
he/she/it will misbehave
we will misbehave
you will misbehave
they will misbehave
Future continuous
I will be misbehaving
you will be misbehaving
he/she/it will be misbehaving
we will be misbehaving
you will be misbehaving
they will be misbehaving
Future perfect
I will have misbehaved
you will have misbehaved
he/she/it will have misbehaved
we will have misbehaved
you will have misbehaved
they will have misbehaved
Future perfect continuous
I will have been misbehaving
you will have been misbehaving
he/she/it will have been misbehaving
we will have been misbehaving
you will have been misbehaving
they will have been misbehaving
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would misbehave
you would misbehave
he/she/it would misbehave
we would misbehave
you would misbehave
they would misbehave
Conditional continuous
I would be misbehaving
you would be misbehaving
he/she/it would be misbehaving
we would be misbehaving
you would be misbehaving
they would be misbehaving
Conditional perfect
I would have misbehave
you would have misbehave
he/she/it would have misbehave
we would have misbehave
you would have misbehave
they would have misbehave
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been misbehaving
you would have been misbehaving
he/she/it would have been misbehaving
we would have been misbehaving
you would have been misbehaving
they would have been misbehaving
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you misbehave
we let´s misbehave
you misbehave
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to misbehave
Past participle
misbehaved
Present Participle
misbehaving
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MISBEHAVE


behave
bɪˈheɪv
brave
breɪv
cave
keɪv
clave
kleɪv
concave
ˈkɒnkeɪv
crave
kreɪv
enclave
ˈɛnkleɪv
fave
feɪv
gave
ɡeɪv
grave
ɡreɪv
lave
leɪv
microwave
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌweɪv
nave
neɪv
pave
peɪv
rave
reɪv
save
seɪv
shave
ʃeɪv
slave
sleɪv
they´ve
ðeɪv
wave
weɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MISBEHAVE

misbalance
misbalanced
misbecame
misbecome
misbecoming
misbecomingness
misbegin
misbegot
misbegotten
misbehaver
misbehaviour
misbelief
misbelieve
misbeliever
misbeseem
misbestow
misbestowal
misbias
misbind
misbirth

WORDS THAT END LIKE MISBEHAVE

aftershave
agave
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close shave
drawshave
from the cradle to the grave
have
leave
Mohave
must-have
new wave
octave
reshave
spokeshave
suave
the grave
the New Wave
trave
weave
wet shave

Synonyms and antonyms of misbehave in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MISBEHAVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «misbehave» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of misbehave

Translation of «misbehave» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MISBEHAVE

Find out the translation of misbehave to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of misbehave from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «misbehave» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

行为不端
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

portarse mal
570 millions of speakers

English

misbehave
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दुर्व्यवहार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يُسِيِءُ الْتَّصَرُفْ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

плохо вести себя
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

comportar-se mal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসদাচরণ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

se conduire mal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak sengaja
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schlecht benehmen (sich)
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不正を働く
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

나쁜 짓을 하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Misbehave
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cư xử hỗn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தவறாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गैरवर्तन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

edepsizlik etmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

comportarsi male
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

źle się zachować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

погано себе поводити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a se purta urât
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρεκτρέπομαι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wangedrag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

uppföra sig illa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oppføre (seg) dårlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of misbehave

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MISBEHAVE»

The term «misbehave» is regularly used and occupies the 74.018 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MISBEHAVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about misbehave

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10 QUOTES WITH «MISBEHAVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word misbehave.
1
Amy Adams
I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm afraid I will always feel the weight of a lie. I'm very hard on myself anyway. Religious guilt carries over too. You can't really misbehave without feeling badly about it. At least, I can't.
2
Michael Arad
I believe that people are fundamentally are decent. And, yes, you will have people that sometimes will misbehave.
3
Tim Ferriss
I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.
4
Dee Dee Myers
This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave.
5
Benjamin Spock
Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is angry inside when children misbehave and they dread more the anger that is rarely or never expressed openly, wondering how awful it might be.
6
Brad Thor
I really believe that a writer is someone who has trained their mind to misbehave.
7
Julie Walters
It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it, with very old people.
8
Orson Welles
I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.
9
James Wolcott
The whole ecosystem of celebrity has broken down for writers. If you go back to the '50s, '60s, and '70s, writers were on TV a lot, and they were allowed to misbehave a lot.
10
Peter York
Eponymous brands aren't that popular with analysts and investors now. You can only take an eponymous brand with a living figurehead so far, they argue. What happens when they grow old and die? What happens when they misbehave and go seriously off-brand?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISBEHAVE»

Discover the use of misbehave in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to misbehave and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Misbehave: Speak Truth to Power
And the doing-the striving, persisting, and succeeding-has to start with me. And with you. This book is, at least in part, the call to a struggle.
Dawn Nicole Martin, 2011
2
Why We Misbehave
This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.
Samuel D. Schmalhausen, 2013
3
Why Students Misbehave: An Investigation Into the Reasons ...
Data in this study were gathered using focus groups.
Glorious Romonica Crowder, 2008
4
Why Children Misbehave: And What to Do about It
Discusses the reasons children act out and behave aggressively, and includes methods for dealing with a range of behavior problems commonly seen in toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children
Christine Adams, 1996
5
Bad girls: 26 writers misbehave
An anthology of true stories by women writers celebrates and meditates on their acts of defiance, from using well-chosen expletives and engaging in less-than-ideal parenting techniques to getting back an at ex and wearing a stolen Girl ...
Ellen Sussman, 2007
6
Social and Emotional Prevention and Intervention Programming ...
Once teachers have fully examined their perceptions and beliefs about what makes Table 6.1 "Why Children Misbehave" Why Children Misbehave Think of an example when you have seen children misbehave for each of the following ...
Susanne A. Denham, Rosemary Burton, 2003
7
Let's Misbehave:
Let's. Misbehave. Kate Perry © 2014 by Phoenix Rising Enterprises, Inc. Cover Graphic © Slava Basovich Photography Formatting by Polgarus Studio This is a work of fiction. Names, characters,places, and incidentsare products of the author's ...
Kate Perry, 2014
8
Binkle and Flip Misbehave
This is an irresistible assortment of books, offering some of Enid Blyton's favorite characters in an array of lively and amusing stories.
Enid Blyton, 2010
9
Why Does My Child Misbehave:
A child with Superficial can't wait togeta chance to misbehave. ii) Deep Rooted Discipline has more todo with the child's innerself, hisinnate behaviour and his thought Discipline misbehaves very violently, whenever without supervision.
Sunil Vaid, 2014
10
New Directions in Educational Psychology
Table 2 " 'Good' Teachers ' Management Behaviour 1 Walk out of class when most of the class misbehave. VI 2 Cane/strap kids VI 3 Explain that too much noise prevents leaming from taking place. 4 Punish misbehaving kids rather than the ...
Nigel Hastings, Josh Schwieso, 1987

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISBEHAVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term misbehave is used in the context of the following news items.
1
More guns hasn't worked. We should try getting rid of them instead.
... make it unlikely that these personnel would misbehave or prove incompetent in the ways that concern those of us who are opposed to arming ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
2
This is where your child is most likely to get suspended from school
Baltimore City Schools have taken a more rehabilitative approach to students who misbehave while last year Maryland enacted sweeping ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Bankers should stop worrying about being liked - they never will be
Too much time has been spent in recent years worrying about how to set up training courses to ensure bankers don't misbehave, or set up ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Ferebee, IPS Staff At White House Today For Discussion On Student …
The method eschews explusion and suspenion when students misbehave or fight. Instead, students talk with those hurt by their actions to to ... «WFYI, Jul 15»
5
Local theatre production will smuggle audiences back into the 1920s
The performance features classic 20s songs, like Let's Misbehave, The Charleston, and Yes Sir, That's My Baby, as well as some original ... «Estevan Mercury, Jul 15»
6
Oh, the many ironies of Rep. Rayne Brown's scolding
... for themselves but as “petulant children” who must be told what to do and punished when they misbehave — for their own good, of course. «Greensboro News & Record, Jul 15»
7
Internship Program Growing In Cedar Riverside Neighborhood
“In every culture, every group, there will be people who misbehave,” Mohamed said. “All you can do is try to stop it.” Warsame said cultural ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
8
NDC Is Greasing The Palm Of Some Key NPP Members - Dr …
... is accusing the ruling National Democratic Congress [NDC] of influencing some key members of the NPP with money to misbehave. «Peace FM Online, Jul 15»
9
East Texans react to Maine restaurant owner screaming at child
Hubbell is a parent who knows what it is like to have your child misbehave…but she agrees with the restaurant owner in Maine and thinks it is ... «KYTX, Jul 15»
10
President Obama's Vast New Anti-Racism Database
The Justice Department refuses to consider outside factors that could cause black students to be more likely to misbehave and thus to warrant ... «theTrumpet.com, Jul 15»

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