A small child who is rough, misbehaves, and doesn’t obey, you’d call him a ________.
| BRAT | 509 |
| RASCAL | 73 |
| SPOILED BRAT | 53 |
| DEVIL | 52 |
| BAD CHILD | 50 |
| ROUGHNECK | 35 |
| NUISANCE | 30 |
| LITTLE DEVIL | 29 |
| IMP | 22 |
| STINKER | 20 |
| LITTLE IMP | 18 |
| HOLY TERROR | 17 |
| MISCHIEVOUS | 17 |
| ROWDY | 16 |
| TERROR | 16 |
| HELLION | 15 |
| PEST | 14 |
| RUFFIAN | 13 |
| SPOILED CHILD | 13 |
| BULLY | 11 |
| LITTLE BRAT | 11 |
| MONSTER | 11 |
| NAUGHTY CHILD | 11 |
| DISOBEDIENT CHILD | 9 |
| NAUGHTY | 9 |
| LITTLE DEMON | 7 |
| SCAMP | 7 |
| SPOILED | 7 |
| TOUGHY | 6 |
| UNRULY | 6 |
| LITTLE HELLION | 5 |
| LITTLE STINKER | 5 |
| MEAN CHILD | 5 |
| MEANIE | 5 |
| ORNERY | 5 |
| PROBLEM CHILD | 5 |
| ROTTEN KID | 5 |
| RUDE | 5 |
| BAD BOY | 4 |
| NR | 4 |
| OUTLAW | 4 |
| BAD | 3 |
| BAD GIRL | 3 |
| DEMON | 3 |
| DISOBEDIENT | 3 |
| INCORRIGIBLE | 3 |
| LITTLE MONSTER | 3 |
| LITTLE OUTLAW | 3 |
| LITTLE RASCAL | 3 |
| LITTLE RUFFIAN | 3 |
| MEAN | 3 |
| NAUGHTY BOY | 3 |
| PAIN IN THE NECK | 3 |
| PROBLEM | 3 |
| SNOT | 3 |
| SPOILED KID | 3 |
| TOMBOY | 3 |
| TYRANT | 3 |
| BAD ACTOR | 2 |
| BAD KID | 2 |
| BAD LITTLE BOOGER | 2 |
| BASTARD | 2 |
| DENNIS THE MENACE | 2 |
| HARDHEADED CHILD | 2 |
| HOUSE APE | 2 |
| HYENA | 2 |
| IMP OF SATAN | 2 |
| JUVENILE DELINQUENT | 2 |
| LITTLE DICKENS | 2 |
| LITTLE ROUGHNECK | 2 |
| LITTLE SQUIRT | 2 |
| MEAN BRAT | 2 |
| MEAN LITTLE BRAT | 2 |
| MEAN LITTLE RASCAL | 2 |
| MEAN RASCAL | 2 |
| MISBEHAVED CHILD | 2 |
| MISCHIEF | 2 |
| MISCHIEVOUS CHILD | 2 |
| MISFIT | 2 |
| ORNERY BRAT | 2 |
| ORNERY CHILD | 2 |
| ORNERY LITTLE DEVIL | 2 |
| ORNERY LITTLE RAT | 2 |
| RAMBUNCTIOUS | 2 |
| RAMBUNCTIOUS CHILD | 2 |
| REBEL | 2 |
| ROTTEN | 2 |
| ROUGH KID | 2 |
| ROUGH ONE | 2 |
| ROUNDER | 2 |
| RUDE CHILD | 2 |
| RUNT | 2 |
| TOUGH NUT | 2 |
| TROUBLE-MAKER | 2 |
| UNRULY CHILD | 2 |
| ANKLE-BITER | 1 |
| AWFULLEST CHILD | 1 |
| BAD BRAT | 1 |
| BAD EGG | 1 |
| BAD LITTLE BRAT | 1 |
| BAD LITTLE CHILD | 1 |
| BAD ONE | 1 |
| BANTAM ROOSTER | 1 |
| BEAST | 1 |
| BLISTER | 1 |
| BOLD KID | 1 |
| BOOGER | 1 |
| BUGGER | 1 |
| BUM | 1 |
| CANTANKEROUS KID | 1 |
| COMPULSIVELY INDEPENDENT | 1 |
| CORKER | 1 |
| CRUMB-SNATCHER | 1 |
| CUSS | 1 |
| DESTRUCTIVE | 1 |
| DEVILISH | 1 |
| DISOBEDIENT CHILE | 1 |
| DISORDERLY | 1 |
| FEISTY LITTLE BRAT | 1 |
| FRATZ | 1 |
| FRESH LITTLE IMP | 1 |
| GRAND RASCAL | 1 |
| HALF BROUGHT-UP | 1 |
| HARD-HEADED LITTLE BOOGER | 1 |
| HARD-HEADED LITTLE THING | 1 |
| HARD-TO-HANDLE CHILD | 1 |
| HATEFUL | 1 |
| HATEFUL CHILD | 1 |
| HATEFUL LITTLE THING | 1 |
| HEATHEN | 1 |
| HELLCAT | 1 |
| HELLER | 1 |
| HIGH-STEPPER | 1 |
| HIPPIE | 1 |
| HOME-WRECKER | 1 |
| HOODLUM | 1 |
| HUMDINGER | 1 |
| ILL | 1 |
| ILL-MANNERED | 1 |
| IMPOSSIBLE | 1 |
| KEWSTER | 1 |
| LITTLE BEAST | 1 |
| LITTLE DAREDEVIL | 1 |
| LITTLE HEATHEN | 1 |
| LITTLE HELL-CAT | 1 |
| LITTLE HYENA | 1 |
| LITTLE IDIOT | 1 |
| LITTLE MISCHIEF | 1 |
| LITTLE PEST | 1 |
| LITTLE ROUGH ONE | 1 |
| LITTLE ROWDY | 1 |
| LITTLE S.O.B. | 1 |
| LITTLE SCOUNDREL | 1 |
| LITTLE SHIT | 1 |
| LITTLE TERROR | 1 |
| LITTLE THIEF | 1 |
| LITTLE TORMENT | 1 |
| LITTLE TOUGHY | 1 |
| LITTLE TURD | 1 |
| LITTLE TYRANT | 1 |
| LIVE WIRE | 1 |
| MEAN BABY | 1 |
| MEAN KID | 1 |
| MEAN LITTLE BASTARD | 1 |
| MEAN LITTLE BUGGER | 1 |
| MEAN LITTLE COON | 1 |
| MEAN LITTLE DEVIL | 1 |
| MEAN LITTLE DICKENS | 1 |
| MEAN ONE | 1 |
| MEAN YOUNGSTER | 1 |
| MEANEST THING | 1 |
| MENACE | 1 |
| MISBEHAVING | 1 |
| MISCHIEF CHILD | 1 |
| MISCHIEVOUS CHAP | 1 |
| MISCHIEVOUS CHARACTER | 1 |
| MISCHIEVOUS KID | 1 |
| MISCHIEVOUS LITTLE BRAT | 1 |
| MONKEY | 1 |
| NAUGHTY GIRL | 1 |
| NAUGHTY KID | 1 |
| NAUGHTY LITTLE CHILD | 1 |
| NAUGHTY RAT | 1 |
| NEEDS TO BE WALLOPED | 1 |
| NO GOOD LITTLE CRUMB-SNATCHER | 1 |
| NOT MADE TO MIND | 1 |
| ONE WHO HAS HIS OWN WAY | 1 |
| ORNERY BOY | 1 |
| ORNERY CUSS | 1 |
| ORNERY GIRL | 1 |
| ORNERY KID | 1 |
| ORNERY LITTLE CUSS | 1 |
| ORNERY LITTLE FELLOW | 1 |
| ORNERY SCAMP | 1 |
| OVERACTIVE | 1 |
| PAIN | 1 |
| PERFECT BRAT | 1 |
| PERFECT IMP | 1 |
| PIEEU | 1 |
| PILL | 1 |
| POORLY MANNERED | 1 |
| POSSESSED | 1 |
| PRICK | 1 |
| PRODIGAL CHILD | 1 |
| RAISED | 1 |
| RAT | 1 |
| RATTLESNAKE | 1 |
| REALLY A SPOILED CHILD | 1 |
| RECALCITRANT CHILD | 1 |
| RECRUIT FOR RAFER | 1 |
| REGULAR HYENA | 1 |
| RENEGADE | 1 |
| REPROBATE | 1 |
| RING-TAILED SNORTER | 1 |
| ROTTEN PIECE | 1 |
| ROUGH | 1 |
| ROUGH LITTLE DICKENS | 1 |
| ROUGHHOUSE | 1 |
| ROUGHIE | 1 |
| ROUSTABOUT | 1 |
| ROWDY CHILD | 1 |
| ROWDY ONE | 1 |
| RUG APE | 1 |
| SCALAWAG | 1 |
| SCOUNDREL | 1 |
| SELF-WILLED | 1 |
| SMART-ALEX BRAT | 1 |
| SMARTY | 1 |
| SO-AND-SO | 1 |
| SON-OF-A-BITCH | 1 |
| SPOILED LITTLE BRAT | 1 |
| SPOILED ONE | 1 |
| SPOILED RAT | 1 |
| SPOILED ROTTEN | 1 |
| SPOILED THIN | 1 |
| SPOILT | 1 |
| SPOILT CHICKEN | 1 |
| SPOILT KID | 1 |
| SQUIRT | 1 |
| STINKS | 1 |
| STREET URCHIN | 1 |
| STREPOROUS | 1 |
| STRONG-WILLED | 1 |
| STUBBORN | 1 |
| STUBBORN CHILD | 1 |
| TANKERSOME | 1 |
| TARTAR | 1 |
| TERRIBLE LITTLE BOY | 1 |
| TERRIBLE LITTLE GIRL | 1 |
| TERRIBLE YOUNGSTER | 1 |
| TORMENT | 1 |
| TOUGH BRAT | 1 |
| TRAMP | 1 |
| TROUBLED | 1 |
| UNDISCIPLINED | 1 |
| UNDISCIPLINED CHILD | 1 |
| UNTAUGHT | 1 |
| UNTRAINED | 1 |
| URCHIN | 1 |
| VERY DISOBEDIENT | 1 |
| VIXEN | 1 |
| WASN’T BROUGHT UP TO MIND | 1 |
| WILD CAT | 1 |
| WILD INDIAN | 1 |
| WILLFUL | 1 |
| YOUNG INDIAN | 1 |
| YOUNG ‘UN | 1 |
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