badly behaved

  • 101naughty — adjective (naughtier, naughtiest) 1》 (especially of a child) disobedient; badly behaved. 2》 informal mildly rude or indecent. 3》 archaic wicked. Derivatives naughtily adverb naughtiness noun Origin ME: from …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 102give something a bad name — give (something/someone) a bad name to cause people to lose respect for something or someone. A few badly behaved football fans give all football supporters a bad name …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 103give someone a bad name — give (something/someone) a bad name to cause people to lose respect for something or someone. A few badly behaved football fans give all football supporters a bad name …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 104give a bad name — give (something/someone) a bad name to cause people to lose respect for something or someone. A few badly behaved football fans give all football supporters a bad name …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 105brat — noun (C) informal a child, especially a badly behaved one: spoilt/spoiled brat: That kid of theirs is a real spoilt brat …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 106guttersnipe — noun (C) old fashioned a dirty, untidy, badly behaved child from a poor home …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 107riff-raff — noun (U) an insulting word for people who are noisy, badly behaved, or of low social class: She seemed to have invited most of the local riff raff …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 108brat — noun now that I ve met his two little brats, I m not so sure about this relationship Syn: badly behaved child, spoiled child; rascal, wretch, imp, scamp, scapegrace, whippersnapper; minx; informal monster, horror, hellion; archaic jackanapes …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 109disobedient — adjective he had never been punished for being disobedient Syn: insubordinate, unruly, wayward, badly behaved, naughty, delinquent, disruptive, troublesome, rebellious, defiant, mutinous, recalcitrant, uncooperative, truculent, willful,… …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 110insubordinate — adjective she defended her insubordinate behavior by exposing corruption in high places Syn: disobedient, unruly, wayward, errant, badly behaved, disorderly, undisciplined, delinquent, troublesome, rebellious, defiant, recalcitrant, uncooperative …

    Thesaurus of popular words