Meaning & use
bratty
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Behaving in a childishly spoiled, rude, or ill-tempered way.
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The bratty child threw a tantrum in the toy aisle.
His bratty comments annoyed everyone at the meeting.
A note on using this word
"Bratty" is an informal adjective built from "brat," a word for a badly behaved child dating to the 16th century.
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well-behavedpolite
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