bratty
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5.5
- adjective
- /ˈbræti/
- Offensive
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malcriado
- She acted like a bratty child, refusing to share her toys with anyone.
- bratty kid
- bratty sister
- bratty girl
And here's the problem, like the squabbling of self willed children, like like stubborn bratty kids.
- And here's the problem, like the squabbling of self willed children, like like stubborn bratty kids.
- I hope if you are a woman in that position that you don't take what I'm saying wrong and think that I'm being bratty or unappreciative of my situation.
- And I've seen lots of comments from Dixie saying, like, just kind of being really combative and bratty towards people who had criticisms of the girls.
- It's very bratty, very vamped up, punched up.
Examples
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Please examine the following exhibits as evidence of her pervasively provocative, rude, and downright bratty behavior:
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That's tough - mom's trying so hard and that bratty kid won't give her a break.
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And I was just a bratty girl.
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I told him eight, all bratty boys.
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How is he bratty? Because he wants to play?
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What do you care about a bratty teenager?
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Soon, the rest of society is going to have to deal with his entitled, bratty attitude.
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He was, in other words, a bratty little brother.
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We are like a bunch of bratty, spoiled kids.
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But I don't have much sympathy for a bratty teenager who thinks the world revolves around her at all times.
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Synonyms
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1.0
Badly behaved or not following rules, usually a child
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2.8
Acting like a child instead of like an adult
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3.5
Behaving like a child in a way that shows little emotional growth
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7.2
Being bold and lively in a rude or cheeky way
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2.7
A person, often a child, who behaves badly because they get too much attention or gifts
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8.2
Being rude and not caring about other people's feelings or manners
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8.5
Rude and unkind in a way that upsets people
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8.2
A person, often a child, who is rude and acts as if better than others
A child who behaves badly and expects special treatment
Antonyms
How Rude
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7.1
- Offensive
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5.1
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1.0
- Offensive
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5.5
5
3.9
- Offensive
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2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bratty comes from the old word brat, which first meant a 'cloak' or small cloth used to wrap babies and then came to mean a 'child'. Because brat later meant a rude or spoiled child, bratty now describes someone behaving like a spoiled child.