Childish - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈtʃaɪldɪʃ|  American pronunciation of the word childish
Brit.  |ˈtʃaɪldɪʃ|  British pronunciation of the word childish

adjective

- indicating a lack of maturity (syn: infantile)
childish tantrums

Extra examples

She has a childish face.

He opened the gifts with childish delight.

We're tired of their childish games.

I find his humor very childish.

It was childish of him to do that.

Don't be so childish!

I wish politicians would stop this childish name-calling.

...I stopped calling my father “Daddy” because I thought it sounded childish....

...deprecates TV sitcoms as childish and simpleminded...

...the regression to really childish behavior that boys often undergo when put in large groups...

It's time you gave over such childish behaviour.

The patient had regressed to a state of childish dependency.

We're all growing tired of his childish antics.

Her childish behavior really get to me

“Childish” was formed by derivation from “child.”

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