Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ill-behaved

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables
il-l-be-haved
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

badly behaved; exhibiting bad behaviour.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From ill + behaved.

Inflected Forms

more ill-behaved (comparative) most ill-behaved (superlative) ill behaved (alternative)

Synonyms

horrible

Antonyms

well-behaved

Questions

What does ill-behaved mean?
badly behaved; exhibiting bad behaviour.
Where does ill-behaved come from?
From ill + behaved.

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