misbehavior

English

Alternative forms

• misbehaviour (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.

Proto-Germanic *missaz

Proto-Germanic *missa-

Proto-West Germanic *missa-

Old English mis-

Middle English mys-

English mis-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi

Proto-Germanic *bider.

Proto-Germanic *bi-

Proto-West Germanic *bi-

substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-der.

Proto-Germanic *habjaną

Proto-West Germanic *habbjan

Proto-West Germanic *bihabbjan

Old English behabban

Middle English behaven

Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *haβēō

Latin habeō

Old French avoirbor.

Middle English havour

Middle English behavoure

English behavior

English misbehavior

From mis- + behavior.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvjə(ɹ)/, /ˌmɪsbəˈheɪvjə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvjɚ/, /ˌmɪsbəˈheɪvjɚ/

  • Audio (California):

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsbɪˈhæɪvjə(ɹ)/

Noun

misbehavior (countable and uncountable, plural misbehaviors)

1. (American spelling) Action or conduct that is inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected.

   The teacher did not tolerate misbehavior in his classroom.

Synonyms

• (inappropriate conduct): misconduct, errancy, carrying-on

Translations

conduct that is inappropriate

• Bulgarian: лошо държание (lošo dăržanie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不當行為, 不当行为 (bùdàng xíngwéi), 行為不端, 行为不端 (xíngwéi bùduān), 不良行为, 不良行為 (bùliáng xíngwéi)

• Danish: dårlig opførsel c
• Dutch: wangedrag (nl) n
• Finnish: huono käytös
• French: inconduite (fr) f
• German: schlechtes Benehmen n
• Hindi: दुराचार (hi) m (durācār), दुर्व्यवहार (hi) m (durvyavhār)
• Hungarian: illetlen viselkedés (hu)
• Italian: illecito (it), scorrettezza (it), comportamento scorretto, cattiva condotta
• Japanese: 不正行為 (ふせいこうい, fusei kōi), 違法行為 (ja) (いほうこうい, ihō kōi)
• Malayalam: ദുസ്സ്വഭാവം (ml) (dussvabhāvaṁ)
• Norwegian: dårlig oppførsel m
• Polish: złe zachowanie n
• Portuguese: má conduta f
• Russian: недосто́йное поведе́ние n (nedostójnoje povedénije), просту́пок (ru) m (prostúpok), плохо́е поведе́ние n (ploxóje povedénije)
• Spanish: mal comportamiento m
• Swedish: misskötsamhet c
• Ukrainian: погана поведінка (pohana povedinka)

Anagrams

• behaviorism