childishUK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtʃaɪldɪʃ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈtʃaɪldɪʃ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(chīl′dish)
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childish
- childlike ‘childish’ You say that someone is childish if you think they are behaving in a silly or immature way. We were shocked by Josephine's selfish and childish behaviour. Don't be so childish. ‘childlike’ You describe someone's voice, appearance, or behaviour as childlike when it seems like that of a child. Her voice was fresh and childlike. ‘That’s amazing!' he cried with childlike enthusiasm. Forum discussions with the word(s) "childish" in the title: ...accept my apologies(,) which was childish. - English Only forum
Being a boy, he is childish. - English Only forum Childhood photos/childish photos - English Only forum childish attitudes of fear and threat reaction - English Only forum childish drawings - English Only forum childish examples - English Only forum Childish Language: I Shall/Will Fail - English Only forum childish questions - English Only forum childish vs childlike - English Only forum childish vs. childlike - English Only forum childish word for... - English Only forum felt like childish [feel like + adj.] - English Only forum letting go all his manhood, and sinking back to a childish position that was really perverse - English Only forum little bitty (childish?) - English Only forum Me, too. [childish?] - English Only forum penis, vagina (childish/infantile) - English Only forum something childish about the desire - English Only forum the app is too childish - English Only forum the sound of solitary, childish glee [of] a bright runner - English Only forum When I say I made you, you gotta say you made me. How childish can you get? - English Only forum words that are simplified or replaced by childish synonyms - English Only forum
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