bratty

[ brat-ee ]

adjective

brattier, brattiest.

1. characteristic of or resembling a brat; impudent; ill-mannered:

   bratty remarks; bratty tricks.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bratty¹

brat + -y ¹

Example Sentences

“There’s no denying David Johansen’s bratty vocalizing… But unlike the MC5 — fellow revolutionaries who more directly presaged the hard-core aspects of the coming punk rebellion — the Dolls had clearer roots in the rock mainstream.”

From Los Angeles Times

It provoked a negative attitude — he describes himself then as a “bratty young kid” — leading to a wake-up call.

From Los Angeles Times

Maynes remembers Combs having a short fuse in the office, sometimes banging "his hands up against the desk" like a "bratty kid" and yelling if he did not get his way.

From BBC

For now, Gilpin is focused on donning Lincoln’s bratty curls and putting her mark on the role that has made Escola the toast of Broadway.

From Los Angeles Times

Trump’s impromptu musings on Greenland and Panama, however, have a different quality, something like a bratty schoolboy tripping over a rock and exposing a nest of scorpions.

From Salon