misbehaving

misbehaving

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English misbehaving, equivalent to misbehave +‎ -ing.

Noun

misbehaving (countable and uncountable, plural misbehavings)

1. bad conduct or actions
   • 1997, Jo-Anne Elder, ‎Colin O’Connell, Voices and Echoes:

     My misbehavings make him cry?

   • 2013, Vitalis Chi Nwaneri, We Are At War:

     While he fears that the father may be angry for his misbehaving, a child would never fear that the father will kill him for misbehaving.

Etymology 2

From misbehave +‎ -ing.

Verb

misbehaving

1. present participle of misbehave