"misbehaving" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: misbehavings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English misbehaving, equivalent to misbehave + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|misbehaving}} Middle English misbehaving, {{suffix|en|misbehave|ing}} misbehave + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} misbehaving (countable and uncountable, plural misbehavings)
  1. bad conduct or actions Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-misbehaving-en-noun-L4qFlaNd Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English misbehave English -ing English misbehaving From misbehave + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|misbehave|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English misbehave English -ing English misbehaving From misbehave + -ing. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} misbehaving
  1. present participle and gerund of misbehave Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: misbehave
    Sense id: en-misbehaving-en-verb-hsd1jf52 Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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