brattier

Adjective

bratty (comparative brattier or more bratty, superlative brattiest or most bratty)

1. Characteristic of a brat; unruly and impolite.
   • When Laura tells Bart that she can teach him to dance, Bart and Laura are suddenly transformed into Astaire and Rogers in a black-and-white fantasy sequence before Bart’s reverie is abruptly ended when Laura reverts back to bratty tomboy form and gives him a wedgie.2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club
2. (neologism) Characteristic of a brat (the qualities possessed by a confident and assertive woman).
   • Critics are increasingly examining their prejudice towards media that has been derided for its femininity, girlishness and brattiness – perhaps most notably, Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, a film that is now praised for the bratty qualities it was derided for in 2006. Indeed, online music...2024 June 26, Lillian Hingley, “Brat by Charli XCX is a work of contemporary imagist poetry – and a reclamation of 'bratty' women's art”, in The Conversation, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2024

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