entitled

adjective

1. 1

   Having a title.

   Her book is entitled 'My Autobiography'.

2. 2

   Having a legal or moral right or claim to something.

   As a natural-born citizen I am entitled to run for president.

   If you were injured at work you may be entitled to compensation.

   He feels entitled to other people's respect.

3. 3

   figurativeConvinced of one's own righteousness (self-righteousness) or the justifiability of one's actions or status, especially wrongly so; demanding and pretentious.

   People feel entitled to their entitlement, and frequently feel defensive when it is challenged. As a mechanism of defense, entitlement may be protectively maintained, denied, or disowned, and also projected to make the leader feel entitled.

   Thus, some men feel entitled to sex if they buy their date a nice meal or a few drinks. In decades past, more than a few women felt entitled to a marriage commitment after an exclusive dating relationship had lasted for some commonly agreed upon period of time—say, a year.

   Nothing irks me more than entitled people. I understand that if we don't ask for what we want, we probably won't get it, but expectations are out of whack. Certain people unjustly expect to receive special treatment and they'll whine and pout like children when disappointed.

   And when you feel entitled, you don't ask for help, you demand it. What will happen when these people's entitlements are taken away? They'll be outraged. They'll feel like they've lost a God-given right. So, what are they likely to do?

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of entitlesimple past and past participle of entitle

Forms

comparative

more entitled

superlative

most entitled