| Main Entry: | misbehave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act in inappropriate manner |
Synonyms: |
act up, be at fault, be bad, be dissolute, be guilty, be immoral, be indecorous, be insubordinate, be mischievous, be out of line, be out of order, be reprehensible, bend the law, carry on, cut up, deviate, do evil, do wrong, fail, fool around, get into mischief, go astray, go wrong, make trouble, misconduct, offend, roughhouse, sin, sow wild oats, take a wrong turn, transgress, trespass |
Antonyms: |
behave, obey |
| Main Entry: | mistreat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | treat badly or wrongly |
Synonyms: |
abuse, backbite, bash, brutalize, bung up, chop, do wrong, dump on, give black eye, handle roughly, harm, injure, kick around, knock around, maltreat, maul, mess up, misuse, molest, outrage, push around, rip, rough up, roughhouse, shake up, total*, trash*, wax, wound, wrong |
Antonyms: |
coddle, favor, pamper, pet, please, satisfy, treat well |
| Main Entry: | profane |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defile, desecrate |
Synonyms: |
abuse, be evil, befoul, blaspheme, commit sacrilege, commit sin, contaminate, curse, cuss, damn, darn, debase, despoil, do wrong, flame, hoodoo, misuse, mock, mudsling, pervert, pollute, prostitute, put double whammy on, revile, scorn, swear, talk dirty, tar, trash, vice, violate, vitiate, voodoo |
Antonyms: |
cleanse, purify |
| Main Entry: | sin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commit illegal or immoral action |
Synonyms: |
backslide, break commandment, break law, cheat, commit crime, deviate, do wrong, err, fall, fall from grace, go astray, lapse, live in sin, misbehave, misconduct, offend, sow wild oats, stray, take the primrose path, transgress, trespass, wallow in the mire, wander |
Antonyms: |
behave, comply, obey |
| Main Entry: | stray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deviate, err |
Synonyms: |
circumlocute, depart, digress, divagate, diverge, do wrong, excurse, get off the subject, get off the track, get sidetracked, go off on a tangent, ramble, sin, wander |
Antonyms: |
remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | transgress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sin |
Synonyms: |
contravene, disobey, do wrong, err, exceed, infringe, offend, overstep, trespass, violate |
Antonyms: |
behave, obey |