Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
bratty [brat-ee] ExamplesWord Origin adjective, brat·ti·er, brat·ti·est.
- characteristic of or resembling a brat; impudent; ill-mannered: bratty remarks; bratty tricks.
Origin of bratty brat + -y1 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for bratty Contemporary Examples of bratty
At best, if the stories are true, you sound petulant, cosseted, and bratty.
Ariana Grande, This Is How to Be a Diva
Tim Teeman
October 21, 2014
The film opens with her bratty brother spying on her with binoculars as she suntans on a beach.
‘Jeune et Jolie’ (‘Young and Beautiful’) Opens at Cannes With Model Marine Vacth
Richard Porton
May 16, 2013
Historical Examples of bratty
Or perhaps poor Bratty was despatched with the carving-knife.
Gertrude Atherton
Word Origin and History for bratty adj.
“spoiled and juvenile,” 1929, from brat + -y (2).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
