Bratty vs Superbrat - What's the difference?
bratty | superbrat |
Characteristic of a brat; unruly and impolite
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(informal, chiefly, derogatory) A bratty superstar, especially one who plays professional sport.
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* 1990 , Una-Mary Parker, Veil of Secrets
* 2006 , Buzz Bissinger, Three Nights in August
As an adjective bratty
is characteristic of a brat; unruly and impolite.As a noun superbrat is
(informal|chiefly|derogatory) a bratty superstar, especially one who plays professional sport.bratty
English
Adjective
(en-adj)citation, page= , passage=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.}}
superbrat
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Noun
(en noun)citation, isbn= , passage=...McEnroe's behavior was so outrageous that the British press dubbed him Superbrat and went at him en masse. }}
- How, she asked herself, could a mature man of such enormous talent sink to the level of behaving like a superbrat ?
- In the off-season, the Cardinals looked on like envious children as the superbrats made the multimillion-dollar moves that still define the game...