Misbehave is an English word with synonyms like misconduct or act. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Misbehave meaning
To act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner.
Synonyms of Misbehave
Using Misbehave
- The main meaning on this page is: To act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner.
- Useful related words include: misconduct, misdemean, act, move.
- In the example corpus, misbehave often appears in combinations such as: to misbehave, will misbehave, who misbehave.
Context around Misbehave
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Misbehave
- In this selection, "misbehave" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, officers, pitch, companies, knowing and despite stand out and add context to how "misbehave" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include children who misbehave will receive and continue to misbehave despite laws. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "misbehave" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with misbehave
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
If you misbehave, there will be consequences,” she said. (9 words)
There is an expectation that they will misbehave so they will misbehave. (12 words)
They may lock up or otherwise misbehave if serviced when they do not want it. (15 words)
In his contribution at the meeting, Machinga DC Rodrick Mateauma said some officers misbehave knowing that they will be protected, a situation which was making the DCs’ job difficult and compromising service delivery. (33 words)
Pastor Cox said though people who would do evil are not afraid of violating laws, and continue to misbehave despite laws in place, still, we live in a nation of laws. (31 words)
The sports media in Australia — in general dominated by white, older men — condemned Ms. Williams’s outburst while dismissing her argument that male players are given more leeway to misbehave. (30 words)
Example sentences (15)
There is an expectation that they will misbehave so they will misbehave.
In his contribution at the meeting, Machinga DC Rodrick Mateauma said some officers misbehave knowing that they will be protected, a situation which was making the DCs’ job difficult and compromising service delivery.
The bowlers don't need to worry about the ends now because both sides of the pitch misbehave.
True crime may seem like a new-ish trend that hasn't yet died but history has shown that there's always been a fascination with those who misbehave.
Users getting models to misbehave is indicative of the need to manage not just the input, but the output, as well, Venables pointed out.
If you misbehave, there will be consequences,” she said.
Once the devil discovered Moses’ weakness, he began to find ways to get him angry, so he could misbehave.
The people know the law and are well educated but they will still misbehave when the police are not on the road”.
According to the complaint, Gulshan had driven the car and Amit had come to visit the others in the flat but did not misbehave with her.
Pastor Cox said though people who would do evil are not afraid of violating laws, and continue to misbehave despite laws in place, still, we live in a nation of laws.
During a hearing in the US Congress last week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg offered praise for the legislation, which includes strict privacy rules and steep fines if companies misbehave.
The sports media in Australia — in general dominated by white, older men — condemned Ms. Williams’s outburst while dismissing her argument that male players are given more leeway to misbehave.
Some cultures hold that children who misbehave will receive only a lump of coal from Santa Claus for Christmas in their christmas stockings instead of presents.
They are often quite scary spirits, and parents may warn their children that if they misbehave, a spirit will emerge from the spinning vortex of dirt and chastise them.
They may lock up or otherwise misbehave if serviced when they do not want it.
Common combinations with misbehave
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to misbehave 3×
- will misbehave 2×
- who misbehave 2×