A spoiled child or spoiled brat is a derogatory term aimed at children who exhibit behavioral problems from being overindulged by their parents or other caregivers. Children and teens who are perceived as spoiled may be described as "overindulged", "grandiose", "narcissistic" or "egocentric-regressed".
On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spoiled brat, such as: holy terror, juvenile delinquent, little terror, punk kid, snotnosed kid, and whippersnapper.
Yuppie is a slang term denoting the market segment of young urban professionals. A yuppie is often characterized by youth, affluence, and business success.
Brat. Definition - an ill-mannered annoying child. There are a number of different brats in the English language: a sausage, a child, an article of clothing (such as a cloak), and several others besides.
moppet (colloquial) munchkin (informal) nipper (slang) slip. small fry (informal)
Metaphorically, you can focus on the magnitude or extent of what someone does that is wrong or bad, and call that person a “rotten egg,” “holy terror” or a “hell raiser.” You might also refer to that person as the “bad apple that spoils the bunch,” if the misbehaving person incites others to also misbehave.
Differences. Americans use 'spoiled' as both the simple past tense and past participle of the verb 'spoil', whereas, British speakers use 'spoiled' as the simple past tense and 'spoilt' as the past participle.
Meaning of spoiled in English
A spoiled child is allowed to do or have anything that they want, usually so that they behave badly and do not show respect to other people: You're behaving like a spoiled brat!
A “Sugar Daddy” is a wealthy (and usually older) man who supports and provides for a younger woman in exchange for companionship and/or other favors.
Some common synonyms of rich are affluent, opulent, and wealthy.
A spoiled child is undisciplined, manipulative, and unpleasant to be with much of the time. He behaves in many of the following ways by the time he is 2 or 3 years old: Doesn't follow rules or cooperate with suggestions. Doesn't respond to “no,” “stop,” or other commands.
It turns out that a child who has been given every privilege can, in fact, grow to be a well-adjusted, pro-social, empathetic, and giving adult as long as parents support those values in their homes. Calling a child “spoiled” makes it clear that a parent feels there's some irreversible rottenness inside their kid.
But parents can be far more guilty of this than schoolyard bullies, and no one's there to send us to the principal's office. Don't call your child a brat, or something worse, unless you want them to think of themselves that way. A name is much harder to outgrow than a behavior.
sloppy in British English
1. (esp of ground conditions, etc) wet; slushy. 2. informal. careless; untidy.
Spoilt is an alternative spelling of the same word. It rarely appears in formal American writing, though it is somewhat common in informal spoken English. The British appear to be relatively keener on spoilt than are Americans, but even in British English, however, the spelling spoiled predominates.
As Lieber notes, at best not-spoiled children are described by the values they embody, like curiosity, patience, thrift, modesty, generosity, perseverance, and perspective.
The name Sassy is primarily a female name of English origin that means Bold And Spirited; Cheeky; Impudent.
Think about the uncommon girl names like Cordelia, Guinevere, and Jazzlyn or uncommon names for boys like Everest, Auden, or Ulysses. These baby names are just begging to become famous writers, artists, scientists, or anything they dream to be.
brat (n.) c. 1500, "beggar's child" ("... wyle beggar with thy brattis ...), from a 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 (compare Old Irish bratt "cloak, cloth").
1. a well supplied with wealth, property, etc.; owning much.