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mis·be·have    Audio Help   [mis-bi-heyv] Pronunciation Key verb, -haved, -hav·ing.
–verb (used without object)
1.to behave badly or improperly: The children misbehaved during our visit.
–verb (used with object)
2.to conduct (oneself) without regard for good manners or accepted moral standards: Several of the guests misbehaved themselves.

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME; see mis-1, behave]

mis·be·hav·er, noun
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mis·be·have    Audio Help   (mĭs'bĭ-hāv')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   mis·be·haved, mis·be·hav·ing, mis·be·haves

v.   intr.
To behave badly.

v.   tr.
To behave (oneself) in an inappropriate way: The children misbehaved themselves at dinner.

mis'be·hav'er n., mis'be·hav'ior (-hāv'yər) n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
misbehave 
1475; see mis- (1) + behave.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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misbehave

verb
behave badly; "The children misbehaved all morning" [ant: behave

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
misbehave [misbiˈheiv] verb
to behave badly
Example: If you misbehave, I'll send you to bed.
Arabic: يُسيء السُّلوك، يَتَصَرَّف بصورةٍ سَيِّئَه
Chinese (Simplified): 行为不当
Chinese (Traditional): 行為不當
Czech: špatně se chovat
Danish: være uartig
Dutch: zich misdragen
Estonian: halvasti käituma
Finnish: käyttäytyä huonosti
French: se conduire mal
German: sich schlecht benehmen
Greek: φέρομαι άσχημα
Hungarian: neveletlenül viselkedik
Icelandic: haga sér illa
Indonesian: berperilaku buruk
Italian: comportarsi male*
Japanese: 不作法にふるまう
Korean: 나쁜 짓을 하다; ?재귀 용법? 고약한 짓을 하다
Latvian: slikti uzvesties
Lithuanian: blogai elgtis
Norwegian: oppføre seg dårlig
Polish: źle się zachowywać
Portuguese (Brazil): comportar-se mal
Portuguese (Portugal): portar-se mal
Romanian: a se purta urât
Russian: плохо вести себя
Slovak: zle sa správať
Slovenian: grdo se vesti
Spanish: portarse mal
Swedish: bära sig illa åt
Turkish: yaramazlık yapmak
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Misbehave

Mis`be*have"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Misbehaved; p. pr. & vb. n. Misbehaving.] To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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