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childish
[chahyl-dish]
adjective
of, like, or befitting a child.
childish games.
puerile; weak; silly.
childish fears.
childish
/ ˈ³Ùʃ²¹Éª±ô»åɪʃ /
adjective
in the manner of, belonging to, or suitable to a child
foolish or petty; puerile
childish fears
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- childishly adverb
- childishness noun
- overchildish adjective
- overchildishly adverb
- overchildishness noun
- unchildish adjective
- unchildishly adverb
- unchildishness noun
- ˈ³¦³ó¾±±ô»å¾±²õ³ó±ô²â adverb
- ˈ³¦³ó¾±±ô»å¾±²õ³ó²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Max Verstappen said Formula 1 was "annoying" and that questions about him racing under the threat of a race ban were "childish".
The American people need to give up childish things and do the necessary hard work if they are to have any chance of saving their democracy from Trumpism and the larger right-wing antidemocracy revolutionary project.
Obviously that was a childish delusion, but Trump has clung to it through thick and thin, even fantasizing that they had a special bond.
Shah said the council needed to move on from the "distraction" of "childish games" and "identity politics".
The kind that already had opportunities to make emotional or childish mistakes on the court or perhaps in a social media post and learned from them.
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