entitled

adj

1. (literally)Having a title.

   “Her book is entitled 'My Autobiography'.”

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. (figuratively)Convinced 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.”

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of entitle