BRATTISH Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

brattish

adjective

Definition of brattish

as in troublesome

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Adjective

Shortly after the Los Angeles Dodgers polished off a 4-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night, Shohei Ohtani checked in with the club’s training staff to report further soreness in his troublesome left knee.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 31 July 2026
This has always been a kind of troublesome event from a point of view of Washington journalism.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026

Definition of troublesome

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Sabally departed for New York after the 2025 season, and the Mercury have struggled to replace her offensive production, ranking 12th in the league in offensive rating this year.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
The poor offensive production spoiled a night when the Angels got good enough pitching, despite scratching Soriano.

— Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of offensive

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Have any of you guys been haunted by the frankly upsetting scene in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey in which Circe cooks what can only be described as a very messed up stew?

— Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 July 2026
In the most upsetting clip, a performing robot kicks a child in the stomach.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of upsetting

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This is an infuriating bait-and-switch case compounded by a gross disregard for public health and safety.

— Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
Bannon may be the first person to perceive it as the frequency of all suffering, something inescapable and infuriating.

— Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 24 June 2026

Definition of infuriating

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In recent years, there has been an increasingly tiresome requirement that football jerseys be, in some way, related to the past.

— Elias Burke, New York Times, 13 July 2026
There are genuine laughs sprinkled in but too many elements land with a thud — including an excessive amount of comedic gore that grows tiresome and a mailman/narrator gag that just isn’t funny.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

Definition of tiresome

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