Word family noun behaviour/behavior misbehaviour/misbehavior behaviourism/behaviorism behaviourist/behaviorist adjective behavioural/behavioral verb behave misbehave adverb behaviourally/behaviorally
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmisbehavemis‧be‧have /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪv/ verb [intransitive] (also misbehave yourself)BEHAVE to behave badly, and cause trouble or annoy people OPP behave George has been misbehaving at school. Students have a tendency to misbehave themselves at exam time.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
misbehave• When caught misbehaving a true cat pretends he was doing something else.• Larry and Myesha have been misbehaving all day.• One child was cuffed for misbehaving at a bus stop.• It says a child can not be misbehaving at the same time that he is behaving well.• She went outside to talk to him, threatening all sorts of terrible punishments for anyone who misbehaved in her absence.• We never dared to misbehave in Miss Dill's classes.• The Raiders returned to their old, misbehaving selves, collecting 10 penalties for 90 yards.• As soon as the child stops misbehaving the parent can attend to him or her again.• Kids often misbehave when they are bored or tired. 