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misbehaving

ADJECTIVE

bad

Synonyms

STRONGEST

disobedient ill-behaved mischievous naughty

STRONG

cheeky impish irreverent rascally sassy sly vexatious wicked

WEAK

difficult disrespectful rude troublesome unruly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

good obedient well-behaved

WEAK

compliant respectful sweet

ADJECTIVE

elfin

Synonyms

WEAK

delicate devilish disobedient elfish frolicsome impish little minute naughty petite playful prankish puckish puny rascally slight sprightly tiny

ADJECTIVE

errant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aberrant erratic offending stray unorthodox wayward

WEAK

deviating devious drifting errable erring fallible heretic meandering mischievous miscreant naughty off straight and narrow rambling ranging roaming roving shifting sinning straying unreliable wandering

Antonyms

STRONGEST

normal

WEAK

correct righteous

ADJECTIVE

mischievous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

impish malicious naughty playful rude sly

WEAK

arch artful bad bothersome damaging dangerous deleterious destructive detrimental evil exasperating foxy frolicsome harmful hazardous hurtful ill ill-behaved injurious insidious irksome malignant perilous pernicious precarious puckish rascal rascally risky sinful spiteful sportive teasing tricky troublesome vexatious vexing vicious wayward

Antonyms

STRONGEST

behaved good kind

WEAK

nice obedient

Example Sentences

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I recently watched a family member gently correct a misbehaving child: “Why are you doing that? Stop. Please stop.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

While he said he understood Wetherspoon wanting to crack down on dogs who are misbehaving in its pubs, he added: "Why tarnish all assistance dog users with that brush?"

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

The organized bar should address judicial referrals of misbehaving government lawyers without hesitation and, when merited, with stringent punishment.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025

Lim envisions a future in which organ transplant patients, or those with autoimmune diseases, receive therapies that only treat the specific regions of the body where the immune system is misbehaving.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

“In addition, my valve has been misbehaving and has prevented me from bending over to reach the lower drawers.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

misbehaving

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