misbehave

About 0.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner.

   He doesn't mean to misbehave; he just doesn't know better.

Similar words

misdemean misconduct mishave mess about misbear misreact mismanage improper misact misinteract

Often followed by

in and or themselves with because to at himself

Word family

misbehaved misbehaver misbehavers misbehaves misbehaving