Synonyms for behaving
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bih-heyv |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈheɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for behaving Other synonyms for the word behaving
- act correctly
- act one's age
- act with decorum
- be civil
- be good
- be nice
- be on best behavior
- be orderly
- comport oneself
- conduct oneself properly
- demean oneself
- deport oneself
- discipline oneself
- keep one's nose clean
- keep the peace
- live up to
- manage oneself
- mind one's manners
- mind one's p's and q's
- observe golden rule
- observe the law
- play fair
- shape up
- toe the mark
- watch one's step
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for behaving
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