bratty

[ brat-ee ]

adjective

, brat·ti·er, brat·ti·est.

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

You need someone to stare down bratty antics or blow up misinformation?

From Los Angeles Times

With his phone’s battery at 1%, he worried that the call would drop, giving Macchio the impression that he was a bratty kid who’d hung up on him.

From Los Angeles Times

That worst-case scenario never came to pass, and as Macchio can attest, Maridueña “is the antithesis of a bratty kid.”

From Los Angeles Times

They talk about her like a bratty child.

From Salon

When she takes the stage as the frontwoman of Bikini Kill, Le Tigre or the Julie Ruin, she plays a kind of punk trickster, shifting her voice to resemble a bratty Valley Girl, a demonic cheerleader, an obnoxious male fan.

From New York Times