All behaved antonyms
be·have
B b adj behaved
- lowdown — the real and unadorned facts; the true, secret, or inside information (usually preceded by the): We gave them the lowdown on the new housing project.
- impish — mischievous.
- naughty — improper, tasteless, indecorous, or indecent: a naughty word.
- amoral — If you describe someone as amoral, you do not like the way they behave because they do not seem to care whether what they do is right or wrong.
- disorderly — characterized by disorder; irregular; untidy; confused: a disorderly desk.
- ill-behaved — 1. [numerical analysis] Said of an algorithm or computational method that tends to blow up because of accumulated roundoff error or poor convergence properties. 2. Software that bypasses the defined operating system interfaces to do things (like screen, keyboard, and disk I/O) itself, often in a way that depends on the hardware of the machine it is running on or which is nonportable or incompatible with other pieces of software. In the IBM PC/mess-dos world, there is a folk theorem (nearly true) to the effect that (owing to gross inadequacies and performance penalties in the OS interface) all interesting applications are ill-behaved. See also bare metal. Opposite: well-behaved, compare PC-ism.
- dissentious — contentious; quarrelsome.
- ill-bred — showing lack of good social breeding; unmannerly; rude.
- coltish — A young person or animal that is coltish is full of energy but clumsy or awkward, because they lack physical skill or control.
- gamesome — playful; frolicsome.
- ill-mannered — having bad or poor manners; impolite; discourteous; rude.
- insubordinate — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- low-down — If someone gives you the low-down on a person or thing, they tell you all the important information about them.
- mischievous — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- dickens — Charles (John Huffam), pen name Boz. 1812–70, English novelist, famous for the humour and sympathy of his characterization and his criticism of social injustice. His major works include The Pickwick Papers (1837), Oliver Twist (1839), Nicholas Nickleby (1839), Old Curiosity Shop (1840–41), Martin Chuzzlewit (1844), David Copperfield (1850), Bleak House (1853), Little Dorrit (1857), and Great Expectations (1861)
- all over the place — If something is happening all over the place, it is happening in many different places.
verb behaved
- infracted — to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).
- offended — to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
- kibitzed — Simple past tense and past participle of kibitz.
- disobeyed — Simple past tense and past participle of disobey.
- erred — Simple past tense and past participle of err.
- quarterbacked — Simple past tense and past participle of quarterback.
- gallivanted — Simple past tense and past participle of gallivant.
- marauded — to roam or go around in quest of plunder; make a raid for booty: Freebooters were marauding all across the territory.
adjective behaved
- indisciplined — Alternative form of undisciplined.
- wicked — evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
- wild — living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
- elvish — Of or having to do with elves.