[ UK /t‍ʃˈa‍ɪldɪʃ/ ]
[ US /ˈtʃaɪɫdɪʃ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. indicating a lack of maturity
    infantile behavior
    childish tantrums
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How To Use childish In A Sentence

  • National Provisions Company, and went out preaching fiat money and a subtreasury for the farmers 'crops, trusting to God and the flower garden about his little white house, to keep the family alive -- it is odd that Jeanette's childish impression was that General Ward was a man of consequence in the world. A Certain Rich Man
  • The lustrous gipsy – face drooped over the clinging arms and bosom, and the wild black hair fell down protectingly over the childish form. The Mystery of Edwin Drood
  • At other times it provokes genuine, childish delight, the wonderment of having stumbled across a secret.
  • Jon's suite, which makes up the entirety of the original Concerto record, is nothing better than a bad mixture of hard rock soloing and a rather childish idea of classical music.
  • But Ruben liked to pick and pick at her until she exploded so he could turn around and call her childish.
  • I gave a small laugh and gazed at the ceiling, feeling monumentally stupid and childish.
  • Star Trek didn't just offer the illimitable joys of William Shatner tumbling out of his chair every time the camera shook, or yet another sermon from the pen of Gene Roddenberry about how organized religion is a childish superstition.
  • She took a deep breath and mentally berated herself for being so silly and childish.
  • In a childishly vain manner, she was gathering pillows to throw at him.
  • Mr. Wilson, standing butt naked and covered from head to toe in slime before a joint meeting of Congress, should apologise to the President and the American people for his crude and childish behavior. First on the Ticker: GOP heckler blasted by 2010 challenger
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