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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

Fairlie had vowed last year to table secondary legislation that would allow Transport Scotland to suspend or withdraw free passes from misbehaving passengers.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 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

She was the tallest girl in our class, and she looked down at us like she was the queen of the world and we were her misbehaving subjects.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller