Antonyms for behaving

Grammar : Verb

Spell : bih-heyv

Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈheɪv

Definition of behaving

Origin : early 15c., from be- intensive prefix + have in sense of "to have or bear (oneself) in a particular way, comport" (cf. German sich behaben, French se porter). Cognate Old English compound behabban meant "to contain," and alternatively the modern sense of behave might have evolved from behabban via a notion of "self-restraint." Related: Behaved; behaving.

verb function
verb act reasonably, properly

Example sentences :

It stung her to hear her friends suspected of behaving unjustly.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

You know perfectly well what I mean—the way you are behaving toward Rose.
Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

Pete considered that he was behaving with great discernment and tact.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

From the first, she made a show of behaving to me with great delicacy.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

I don't mean how is he in health, but how is he going on: how is he behaving himself?'
Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens

Madre, I know I'm behaving shamefully, but we are all so hopelessly inappropriate.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

She did not like being behindhand—one always gained by behaving nicely to her.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

If you and I talk any longer we shall both be behaving like children.
Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln

When he spoke she thought he was behaving with less politeness than before.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

And everybody was behaving from the prettiest of motives; that was the joke of it.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

Synonyms for behaving

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