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Antonyms for brat

Grammar : Noun
Spell : brat
Phonetic Transcription : bræt

Definition of brat

Origin :
  • c.1500, slang, "beggar's child," originally northern, Midlands and western England dialect word for "makeshift or ragged garment;" probably the same word as Old English bratt "cloak," which is from a Celtic source (cf. Old Irish bratt "cloak, cloth"). The modern meaning is perhaps from notion of "child's apron." Hollywood Brat Pack (modeled on 1950s Rat Pack) is from 1985.
  • noun spoiled child
Example sentences :
  • In those days, "brat" was the general name for little folks.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • His son, a brat of about fifteen, was accustomed to ride over to visit us.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • There was a brat for you who laughed at words she ought not to understand!
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • And 'twas easy to see what she'd been through with Cousin Harriet and that brat.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "I know it, dad; but I'll try to get along without it," replied the brat.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; » by Various
  • If anything should happen to you, there would be but Sally and the Balaguine brat and I shouldn't like that.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • As it is, unless you marry, I'll leave the property to Sally's brat and have him change his name.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • Had it not been a mystery since the coming of the brat, who had been responsible for his tiny life?
  • Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
  • "And the brat," demanded Tess, changing the subject purposely.
  • Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
  • If he air the brat's pa, let the brat's ma take care of him.
  • Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White

Synonyms for brat

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